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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 does Joe give Anne as a peace offering?

2. Where does Ethel stay during the day once she's living with Nancy and Anne?

3. Why do Chuck and Ethel run away from Anne?

4. When Anne visits the Indian village at Christmas, on what is Cathy working?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 17, to whom does Anne have to talk about keeping Mary Angus's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the cabin in which Anne, Chuck, Ethel, and the baby take shelter while Fred takes Jennie to Forty Mile.

2. What is baby Patricia's condition when Anne and the children are in the cabin waiting to be rescued?

3. How do Chuck and Ethel help Anne when they are holed up in the cabin, waiting to be rescued?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 13, Anne receives a letter from Lester Henderson after the Thanksgiving dance. What does his letter to her say?

5. What is the notable goal Nancy reaches right after the winter holidays?

6. How does the town in general react to the news that Chuck and Ethel will be living with Anne permanently?

7. Describe Anne's visit to Merton Atwood as he is dying.

8. How does Maggie's attitude towards Anne and the children change once Anne and the children come back with her infant granddaughter Patricia?

9. Once Anne and Fred have arrived at O'Shaughnessy's, why does Fred want to continue chasing Cab without Anne?

10. Titus Paul asks Chuck a question in their language when trying to determine where Chuck and Ethel should live, and Chuck answers Titus Paul with "Aha," which means "Yes" in their language. What do you think Titus Paul asks Chuck, and why do you think this is his question?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the attitudes of many Chicken residents towards Mr. Strong.

Essay Topic 2

What significance does skin color (not necessarily the same thing as ethnicity) have for both the whites and the Indians?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the benefits and some of the drawbacks to the amount of time (at least 40 years) that occurred between the action of the book and when the book was actually written and published?

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