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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 type of beer does Joe see Father Travis drinking in Chapter 5?

2. What type of card does Joe have clipped on the spoke of his bicycle?

3. What time does Angus tell Joe that there is a mass in Chapter 5?

4. What does Joe try to teach Pearl to do in Chapter 5?

5. In what branch of military service did Father Travis serve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe say about people buried in the cemetery?

2. What does Father Travis look like?

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

4. How does the family routine change in Chapter 8?

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

6. What does Joe do when he leaves Whitey's after Whitey and Sonja have a fight?

7. How does Mooshum dress in the winter to shovel snow?

8. Why was Linda not left to die when she was born?

9. Why does Special Agent Bjerke try to speak with Geraldine in Chapter 8?

10. Why did Linda's mother contact her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe refers to Cappy as his best friend. In what ways does Cappy help Joe throughout the novel? How would you describe their relationship, and how they affected one another’s lives?

Essay Topic 2

Joe and his family seek justice for the attack against Geraldine. What do Joe and his family think justice would be for the attacker? Why does the legal system not provide justice? How does Joe attempt to gain justice? Does Joe achieve justice for the attack?

Essay Topic 3

Geraldine’s job is about secrets. What is Geraldine’s job and what does it have to do with secrets? Why is her job the cause of her attack?

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