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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 month did Geraldine have seedlings in the south-facing windows of her home?

2. What does Joe rescue Mooshum from in Chapter 7?

3. What did Geraldine's attacker put over her head?

4. How did Mooshum's father die?

5. What is the name of the Catholic church on the reservation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joe find in the Lake in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. How does Linda make her banana bread?

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

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

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

9. What does Father Travis look like?

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’s relationship with Linda changes throughout the novel. What does Joe think of Linda at first? What makes his opinion change? Why does Joe come to respect and trust Linda?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At the beginning of the novel, Joe and his father remove saplings from the foundation of their house. Why do the saplings have to be removed? What do the saplings symbolize in Joe’s life and the life of his family? What is there in his life that has to be removed, just like the saplings?

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