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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 time of day does Tobias attempt to get supplies from the trading post?
2. Where are the ships heading as the Federal Troops are intercepting them?
3. Why are the Seminole Indians that Tobias meets being pursued?
4. Where have Keith Tiger, Bird Jumper, and Lillie walked to Florida from?
5. Where is Punta Rassa located?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tobias find when he returns home after his second work experience with the Confederates?
2. How does Tobias learn about Punta Rassa?
3. What are the problems Tobias has when beginning to plant orange trees and how does Emma solve it?
4. What gift does Zech find in the pen, and how do the MacIveys choose to name their new animals?
5. What happens to the MacIvey family's cattle business, and how does the second encounter with the bull take place?
6. What happens on the first trip to Punta Rassa and how does Tobias respond?
7. What happens during the second time Tobias is recruited to work for the Confederates?
8. How do Zech, Bonzo, and Frog lose the cows they have herded and what is Tobias' response?
9. How do the MacIvey family and the Seminole Indians meet?
10. Where do the MacIveys go after their home is burned down and how do they settle there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As Tobias learns about the amount of money being given for cows at Punta Rassa, he makes a crucial decision that has a lasting effect on his family's legacy.
1) Describe the MacIveys' first trip to Punta Rassa, how it is interrupted, the way both Tobias and Emma respond to it, and why Tobias is not discouraged after it.
2) Explain what happens on the second trip the MacIveys make to Punta Rassa, including the challenges they face, and Tobias' view throughout the trip.
3) Analyze the decision Tobias makes to pursue the market in Punta Rassa and its importance to the future of the MacIvey family.
Essay Topic 2
Tobias and the Seminole Indians begin a lifelong friendship when they meet in a way that illustrates one of the book's main messages.
1) Describe how the MacIveys and the Seminoles first meet, the circumstances that cause the two families to cross paths, and why the events result in a respect between them both that last for three generations.
2) Analyze Tobias' character and explain what it is about his view of the world that contributes to his actions with the Seminoles.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Zech's relationship with Tawanda. How did it begin? What are Zech's reasons for continuing to have a relationship with Tawanda after he is married? Do his actions contradict the way his father lived his life? How does Tawanda die? Why does Zech feel guilty about her death? What statement could the author be trying to make by having her die this way?
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