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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 time does Angus tell Joe that there is a mass in Chapter 5?

2. Where does Linda Wishkob work?

3. How many dogs are at Bineshi's place in Chapter 5?

4. What color robe does Father Travis wear in Chapter 5?

5. What time does Father Travis teach catechism?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Linda make her banana bread?

5. What does Mooshum do to keep busy in the spring and summer?

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

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

8. What happens the first time that Linda comes to Joe's house?

9. What does Father Travis remember about the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

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

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

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 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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