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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 do Joe and Bazil eat at Mighty Al's?

2. How old is Linda Wishkob in Chapter 6?

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

4. What color pompom is on Mooshum's stocking hat?

5. What does Mooshum have on his galoshes to help him walk in the winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Linda's mother contact her?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Mooshum spend autumn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe comments that he has had the perfect family. What has made Joe’s family to be considered perfect? How does his family compare to his friend’s families? How does the attack make his perfect family dysfunctional?

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

The novel takes place on an Indian reservation. How is the setting presented by the author? What does the setting reveal about the characters and their lives? How does the setting set the mood in the novel?

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