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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 scent does Bazil say that Geraldine loves?

2. Where does Bazil take Geraldine in Chapter 8?

3. Who gave Mooshum a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses on his last birthday?

4. How did Mooshum's father die?

5. Where do Joe and Angus sit when they attend mass in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Bazil have no choice but to talk to Joe about his mother's attack in Chapter 6?

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

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

7. What does Geraldine miss while she is hiding in her room in Chapter 5?

8. How does Mooshum spend autumn?

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

10. What does Father Travis look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe uses deductive reasoning to search for clues about the attack. In what way does Joe use deductive reasoning to find and eliminate suspects? How well does deductive reasoning work to allow Joe to find evidence about the attack?

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

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?

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