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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. In Chapter 15, what song did the wild pig scarer want to hear?

2. What did a policeman call the wild pig scarer in Chapter 16?

3. What was the name of the girl where Odie took some clothes in Chapter 14?

4. How much older was Albert than Odie?

5. In Chapter 14, where did a little girl tell Odie was the next town where the train would stop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was painted on the water tower and who painted it in Chapter 7?

2. What did DiMarco do to Odie when Odie stood up for Billy Red Sleeve?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 12, what did Emmy do in the night?

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

6. In Chapter 17, what work did the boys do for the wild pig scarer?

7. How did Odie feel about shooting Jack?

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

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

10. What story did Odie tell in Chapter 13, when Albert could not tell a lady in a store what he wanted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Odie think that Sister Eve was a liar? What role did appearances play in Odie's assumptions about Sister Eve?

Essay Topic 2

The children were mistreated at Lincoln Indian Training School. How were the children mistreated? Were the conditions and the treatment at the school inhumane?

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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