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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 Evelina's father teach?

2. Where did Mooshum's parents once live and have a huge farm?

3. What perfume was Geraldine wearing the second day that Judge Coutts saw her?

4. In "The Sisters," what color blouses did Clemence and Geraldine wear?

5. How long ago in "A Little Nip," did Mooshum quit horseracing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mooshum, Cuthbert, Asiginak, and Holy Track find at the Lochren Farm?

2. What happened to the men who lynched the men accused of the murders at Lochren farm?

3. What happened when Johann Vogeli did not want to be involved in hanging the men accused of the murders at Lochren farm?

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

5. Why did Holy Track give himself up when the men came looking for him and Mooshum?

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

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

8. How did Mooshum say that he met his wife?

9. Where did Mooshum and Holy Track hide when they were being pursued for the murder at the Lochren Farm?

10. How did Junesse and Mooshum come to live at the Black Ranch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Corwin Peace stole Shamengwa’s violin. How was he sentenced for the crime and why?

Essay Topic 2

Joseph Coutts joined a survey expedition. Why did Joseph join the expedition? Why did he and the others struggle to survive?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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