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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 did Mooshum's father die?

2. How far out in the lake was the gas can that Joe found and that he shows his father in Chapter 5?

3. Where is Zelia from?

4. How old was a boy who was lynched by a mob in Hoopdance according to Mooshum?

5. What is the name of the FBI agent Bazil mentions in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe do when he leaves Whitey's after Whitey and Sonja have a fight?

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

3. Why did Linda's mother contact her?

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

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

6. How does the family routine change in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

10. What does Father Travis look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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