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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 old was Mother Beal?

2. In Chapter 40, what did Powell use to get liquor?

3. In Chapter 36, what did the boys and Emmy find that made them realize the skeleton they found was an Indian?

4. Who were the police looking for in Chapter 41?

5. Where did Odie say that he spent his 24th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Sioux Indians hanged in 1862?

2. How did Sister Eve persuade Albert and Mose to join the crusade?

3. In Chapter 39, why did Maybeth say that she gave away her one dress?

4. In Chapter 41, who were the police looking for?

5. Who were the Schofields?

6. Why did Albert want to go to St. Louis?

7. What was the Federal Kidnapping Act or the Lindberg Law?

8. Why did the boys and Emmy have to leave the crusade?

9. What did the police do when the raided the tent community in Chapter 40?

10. How did Sister Eve help the communities where she brought the crusade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack was intimidating because he wore an eye patch and how he behaved. Why was Odie intimidated by Jack? What did Odie learn about Jack? Why did Odie fear Jack?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When students misbehaved, they were put in what was called the quiet room. How often was Odie locked in the quiet room? What did the room come to represent for him?

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