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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 does Clemence wear to clean the church in Chapter 7?

2. What day does Joe find the doll with the money?

3. What type of card does Joe have clipped on the spoke of his bicycle?

4. What does Bazil fix for Geraldine's breakfast in Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of the Catholic church on the reservation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mooshum spend autumn?

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

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

7. How does Linda make her banana bread?

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

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

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

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

Joe comments that he has had the perfect family. What has made Joe’s family to be considered perfect? How does his family compare to his friend’s families? How does the attack make his perfect family dysfunctional?

Essay Topic 3

Joe’s relationship with Linda changes throughout the novel. What does Joe think of Linda at first? What makes his opinion change? Why does Joe come to respect and trust Linda?

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