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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 was Sister Eve wearing in Chapter 24?

2. How old was Sister Eve when she got her scar?

3. In Chapter 41, who persuaded Albert to let Odie check on the Schofields?

4. In Chapter 25, what ailments did Sister Eve cure?

5. In Chapter 38, what led Odie to a community of temporary shelters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Odie's thoughts at the end of Chapter 34?

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

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

4. In Chapter 47, why did the boys and Emmy have to leave again?

5. Who was Forrest?

6. In Chapter 24, what did Sister Eve say and request from Odie and Emmy when she saw them?

7. Where was Albert bit by a rattlesnake, and why did he not die?

8. What did the boys and Emmy see when they were camped near Le Sueur?

9. What did Mr. Schofield say about farming in Chapter 43?

10. What did Sister Eve look like when she was speaking and singing in Chapter 23?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Maybeth Schofield was the oldest daughter of Powell and Sarah Schofield. What types of things did the author portray Maybeth doing? What did these things reveal about her? What type of person was Maybeth?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

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