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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. Where do the boys take Bella in Chapter 12?

2. What is Lucas's last name?

3. What are the boys doing when Bella encounters them in the end of Chapter 11?

4. Where does Audrey say her brother is studying film in Chapter 3?

5. How does Lucas know Wayne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the backstory between Lucas and Terri?

2. How does Dr. Sterling help Lucas?

3. Why does Lucas teach Bella the "No Barks" game?

4. What does the dead squirrel symbolize in the narrative?

5. Who is Olivia and how does Lucas know her?

6. How is the setting of the pound described?

7. Where is Bella taken in Chapter 11? Why?

8. What remarkable ability does Bella have in relation to Terri's illness?

9. What leads up to the protest in Chapter 7?

10. Who is Lucas and what are Bella's impressions of him when she first encounters him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three examples of irony in A Dog's Way Home. Given the unique narrative style of this novel, how is dramatic irony employed? What is situational irony and how does it apply to the novel's ending? What verbal irony appears in the text?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Axel in A Dog's Way Home. Where does Axel live? What is Axel's backstory? What are his objectives in the story? How does he impact Bella?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the different settings seen in A Dog's Way Home. Where does the story begin? Where does Bella's journey set off? How far does Bella travel?

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