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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. Who shot the sheriff's horse in "Death Song"?

2. What creature's life cycle did Joseph study?

3. Where did Lungsford move after the hangings?

4. What did Evelina learn that Sister Mary Anita was allergic to?

5. In how many feet of water did Evelina's great uncle Octave manage to drown when he was despondent over a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Plague of the Doves," why did a Catholic priest ask his parishioners to gather at the church and then walk the fields?

2. Where did Mooshum's parents live when he was an infant, and why did they leave?

3. Why did Evelina stop calling Sister Mary Anita Godzilla and try to stop the other children from calling her that?

4. Why did Evelina call Sister Mary Anita Godzilla?

5. Why did Billy Peace join the army?

6. How did Judge Coutts try to get to know Geraldine?

7. How did the expedition Joseph Coutts joined start out?

8. What did a man do while he repaired his gun and then afterwards in "Solo"?

9. What expedition did Joseph J. Coutts join and why?

10. How did Junesse and Mooshum survive when they ran off together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marn is able to visualize pictures in her mind that seem as real as being there. When and why did Marn begin visualizing pictures in her mind? Why did she continue visualizing? Why were the pictures so important to her?

Essay Topic 2

Shamengwa had two fiddles in his life. What were the two fiddles in Shamengwa’s life? Why were these fiddles so important to him?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Erdrich use chapter titles in The Plague of Doves?

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