One Came Home

Question 1

During what year was the novel set?

Answer 1

1871

Question 2

What is the dead body wrapped in that leads Georgie’s mother to believe the body is Agatha?

Answer 2

A blue-green gown that Ma sewed

Question 3

What is Ma’s first name?

Answer 3

Dora

Question 4

What is the name of the sheriff who goes after Agatha and the pigeon hunters?

Answer 4

Sheriff McCabe

Question 5

What happened to Georgie’s pa?

Answer 5

He went to look for Colorado gold ten years earlier, wrote two letters, and ever returned. He is presumed dead.

Question 6

How old is Georgie at the beginning of the novel?

Answer 6

13

Question 7

What are the names of agatha’s two suitors?

Answer 7

Billy McCabe and Mr. Benjamin Olmsted

Question 8

What is Agatha’s favorite Psam, read aloud at her

funeral?

Answer 8

Psalm 19

Question 9

What is the name of the minister?

Answer 9

Reverend Leland

Question 10

What town and state does Georgie live in?

Answer 10

Lake Placid, Wisconsin

Question 11

What does Agatha do that scares Georgie when the

pigeons first come to town?

Answer 11

She takes a parasol and she starts spinning in the middle of the pigeons.

Question 12

What has Agatha been saving money for?

Answer 12

She wants to go to college at the university of Wisconsin,Madison

Question 13

Who does Georgie tell after she sees Agatha kiss Billy McCabe?

Answer 13

She tells Mr. Olmsted

Question 14

How does Georgie know that Agatha has really run away?

Answer 14

Agatha’s ton of money is empty.

Question 15

In what town does Sheriff McCabe find the body he believes to be Agatha’s?

Answer 15

Dog Hollow, Wisconsin

Question 16

What weapon does Georgie take with her on her journey?

Answer 16

A Springfield single-shot rifle

Question 17

What is Georgie’s full name?

Answer 17

Georgina Louise Bickhardt

Question 18

What is Billy’s nickname for Geogie?

Answer 18

Fry

Question 19

What si the name of Billy’s horse?

Answer 19

Storm

Question 20

How does Georgie pay Billy for the use of a horse for the journey?

Answer 20

She uses her 5 Bechler gold coins

Question 21

What does Billy bring to Georgie when he is supposed to deliver her a horse?

Answer 21

A mule

Question 22

What is the mule’s name?

Answer 22

Fredrick, but Georgie calls him Long Ears

Question 23

Who ends up going with Georgie to look for Agatha?

Answer 23

Billy McCabe

Question 24

What do Georgie’s mother and grandfather do for a living?

Answer 24

They own and run a store in town/

Question 25

How does Georgie ruin her coat and get in trouble with Ma?

Answer 25

She shoots a pigeon and gets blood all over her coat.

Question 26

What is Georgie’s grandpa’s name?

Answer 26

Grandpa Bolte

Question 27

What does Mr. Olmsted give to Agatha the fist night they go out walking?

Answer 27

A book about birds.