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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. When did Congress pass Public Law 280?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Bazil say that he and Father Travis discuss?

3. What clan does Joe's father belong to?

4. What does Joe find in a doll he pulls from the lake in Chapter 7?

5. How old does Mooshum claim he will be on his next birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Joe go to see Angus after he and his father argue about Joe being involved in finding his mother's attacker?

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

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

6. Why did Linda's mother contact her?

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

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

9. How does Linda make her banana bread?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe and his family seek justice for the attack against Geraldine. What do Joe and his family think justice would be for the attacker? Why does the legal system not provide justice? How does Joe attempt to gain justice? Does Joe achieve justice for the attack?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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