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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. In Chapter 6, what does Bazil say that he and Father Travis discuss?

2. What does Joe think that Linda Wishkob brings when she visits his mother for a second time in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 7, what dessert does Clemence make for Joe and his father?

4. How far is the hothouse where Bazil buys expensive bedding plants from the reservation?

5. What does Bazil set up in Geraldine's room after the attempt to have her speak with Bjerke fails?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Joe decides to teach Pearl to play fetch?

2. What does Joe mean when he says that his father can out-weather anybody?

3. What does Father Travis remember about the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

4. Why does Joe go to see Angus after he and his father argue about Joe being involved in finding his mother's attacker?

5. What do Joe and his father plant in the flower beds?

6. What does Mooshum tell Joe about the man he has been seeing?

7. What does Mooshum do to keep busy in the spring and summer?

8. What happens the first time that Linda comes to Joe's house?

9. How was Joe's great-aunt saved by a turtle?

10. What chores does Joe do at Whitey's in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe searches for luck. Why does Joe believe that he needs luck? What is the traditional way for an Ojibwe to find luck? How does Joe become lucky when he goes to the lake? Does the luck ease his life or make it more difficult?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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