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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. Where did Albert get food at the beginning of Chapter 21?

2. In Chapter 21, how many days had passed since the boys and Emmy left Lincoln School?

3. Who gave Sister Eve her scar?

4. In Chapter 21, where was Albert's clothing ripped by a dog?

5. How old did Mother Beal say that a Sioux boy would ben when he went out alone to seek a vision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the man who was sitting next to Odie at the crusade want, and how did Odie help?

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

3. Why were Sioux Indians hanged in 1862?

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

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

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

7. What did Odie remember about his father?

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

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

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

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas in the book?

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

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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