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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 Georgie shoot on the riverbank after Agatha's funeral?

2. Who is Frederick?

3. Why didn't Georgie join Agatha during the arrival of the pigeons?

4. What is Billy's nickname for Georgie?

5. Who is Storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give his permission for Agatha to go to the University of Wisconsin?

2. What type of "horse" does Billy loan to Georgie and how does he force himself on her journey?

3. How does Georgie fend off the cougar attack?

4. What does Georgie notice about the feathers in the pigeoners camp?

5. Why does Georgie describe the pigeon nesting as "a battlefield"?

6. Why does Ma make Agatha a ball gown?

7. Why does Ma cut a scrap of cloth from the corpse's body?

8. How does Grandfather Bolte express compassion towards Georgie during the funeral?

9. Why does Georgie fear to join her sister outside with the migrating birds?

10. What makes Georgie question the validity of her sister's funeral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolic significance of Passenger Pigeons in the novel? How are they featured in folklore? What meaning do they have for the different characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Georgie prepares for her journey. Of what importance is “The Prairie Traveler”? Her Springfield rifle? How will the skills she has acquired through hunting and shooting gin bottles assist her on her journey?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of Georgie’s encounter with the store owner in Dog Hollow? What is Georgie’s initial assumptions about the woman? How do those assumptions change? What events allow both women to begin to identify with each other?

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