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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. How much money was in the doll that Joe finds in Chapter 7?

2. Where does Father Travis have a scar?

3. What is Linda Wishkob's favorite food?

4. When did Congress pass Public Law 280?

5. How did Mooshum's father die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Linda make her banana bread?

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

5. What does Father Travis look like?

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

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

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

9. How does Clemence dress to clean the church?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The round house was a place where Indians would perform their ceremonies. According to a story told by Mooshum, why was the round house created? How was it used before 1978? What did the round house symbolize? What was its importance in the attack?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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