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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 Swede call the moon when they picnic in the Badlands in January?

2. What book does Reuben think of when he hears Swede's latest installment about Sunny Sundown in Chapter 18?

3. Where did Roxanna's father purchase a movie theater?

4. In the obituary that Roxanna shows Reuben and Swede, what month did Cassidy die?

5. What was in the car of the man who gave Davy a ride?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Swede's poem about Sunny end?

2. Why doesn't Dr. Nickles recommend sending Reuben to the hospital?

3. What does Jape Waltzer look like?

4. Why don't Reuben and Swede swear their oath to trust Roxanna in blood?

5. How would Teddy Roosevelt's father try to help him breath?

6. Why does Roxanna say that part of the Badlands is on fire?

7. Why does Roxanna Cawley keep goats in a bathroom?

8. Why doesn't Jeremiah stop to get gas at the end of Chapter 12?

9. Describe Reuben's dream the first night the Lands stay at Roxanna's.

10. What does Reuben tell himself when nervously waiting for Davy in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why Dr. Nokes uses subterfuge to keep Reuben away from his father when Jeremiah has pneumonia.

Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the police respond when they learn about Swede's capture by Israel Fisher and Tommy Basca.

Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 3

When Reuben sees state troopers at gas stations, he begins to realize that someone is waging a war against his family. Discuss why a war is being waged against the Lands. Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

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