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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe smell when he is at the round house in Chapter 4?

2. What does Edward do for a living?

3. How many cars pass Joe on the highway when he goes to the round house in Chapter 4?

4. What surrounds the round house?

5. How much money does Joe's mother give him in Chapter 2 to get some milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before his mother is hurt, what did Joe usually do after school?

2. What are Joe and his dad doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What sound does Joe hear when he is at the round house?

4. What is the building like where Angus lives?

5. What type of bike does Zack have, and who bought it for him?

6. What type of bike does Cappy have, and what is the condition of the bike?

7. How did the Indians get around the prohibition to not practice their religion before 1978?

8. Who is Whitey?

9. What type of bike does Angus have?

10. What is the history of the house where Joe and his family live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe is disappointed by the work his father does. What does Bazil do? What does Joe discover when they go through some of Bazil’s old cases? What had Joe thought his father’s work included? Why is Joe disappointed by the work his father does, and how does that affect Joe’s view of his father?

Essay Topic 2

Characters struggle with internal and external conflicts. What is the main conflict in the novel? How do characters deal with that conflict? Is it more of an internal or external conflict? How does that conflict affect the plot and the storyline?

Essay Topic 3

Mooshum tells a story about Akii. What is the story about? How does it parallel events in the novel? What does the story represent in the novel?

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