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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 what branch of military service did Father Travis serve?
2. How many dogs are at Bineshi's place in Chapter 5?
3. How many people attend the mass Joe and Angus attend in Chapter 5?
4. What time does Angus tell Joe that there is a mass in Chapter 5?
5. In Chapter 5, how long has Geraldine been in her room without coming downstairs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Joe mean when he says that his father can out-weather anybody?
2. How does Mooshum spend autumn?
3. What does Father Travis remember about the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
4. Why was Linda not left to die when she was born?
5. How does Linda make her banana bread?
6. What does Joe find in the Lake in Chapter 7?
7. What happens when Joe decides to teach Pearl to play fetch?
8. Why does Joe go to see Angus after he and his father argue about Joe being involved in finding his mother's attacker?
9. How does the family routine change in Chapter 8?
10. What does Joe say about people buried in the cemetery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Joe is disappointed by the work his father does. What does Bazil do? What does Joe discover when they go through some of Bazil’s old cases? What had Joe thought his father’s work included? Why is Joe disappointed by the work his father does, and how does that affect Joe’s view of his father?
Essay Topic 3
Joe believes that he sees a ghost at various times in the novel. What do both Joe and Randall see that seems to be ghost-like? How seriously do Indians believe in the supernatural? What does the ghost symbolize to Joe? How does Mooshum explain the ghost? What does the ghost represent by the end of the novel?
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