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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 did Mose use to hit Brickman at the end of Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 14, how far were Mose and Emmy from where Albert and Odie left them?

3. In the Prologue, where does Odie O'Banion live?

4. What color paint did Odie use to paint the water tower in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 17, who was in a photograph that Odie say in the pig scarer's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Odie and the others get his harmonica and Emmy before they left?

2. In Chapter 14, how did Odie get shirts?

3. What did Odie find in the woods by an old oak tree in Chapter 19?

4. How did DiMarco die?

5. What did Odie make for Emmy in Chapter 14?

6. Why did Mose not speak?

7. What did Odie find in the attic in Chapter 18?

8. In the Prologue, what does Odie say about the story he is about to tell?

9. In Chapter 19, what work did the boys do for the pig scarer?

10. In Chapter 6, why did Mrs. Frost want Albert, Odie, and Moss to spend the summer with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view used by the author. What is the point of view in the novel? How does it affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 2

What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

Odie relied heavily on his brother Albert and was known to be a troublemaker. How did Odie’s experiences change him in the book? How did Odie mature and grow in the novel?

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