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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 month was it at the end of Chapter 42?

2. Who was Sister Eve trying to protect when she got her scar?

3. Who warned Odie in Chapter 47 that he and the others needed to leave?

4. In Chapter 40, what did Powell use to get liquor?

5. What were the Schofields having for supper in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the boys and Emmy see when they were camped near Le Sueur?

2. What did the man who was sitting next to Odie at the crusade want, and how did Odie help?

3. How did Sister Eve persuade Albert and Mose to join the crusade?

4. Why did the boys and Emmy have to leave the crusade?

5. In Chapter 39, why did Maybeth say that she gave away her one dress?

6. What was the Federal Kidnapping Act or the Lindberg Law?

7. Where was Albert bit by a rattlesnake, and why did he not die?

8. In Chapter 24, what did Sister Eve say and request from Odie and Emmy when she saw them?

9. What work did Mose and Albert do for the crusade?

10. In Chapter 41, who were the police looking for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Odie think that Sister Eve was a liar? What role did appearances play in Odie's assumptions about Sister Eve?

Essay Topic 2

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leave readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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