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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. How many coyotes are closing in on Bella and Big Kitten in the end of Chapter 13?

2. What is Officer Mendez's first name?

3. On what day do Gavin and Taylor say they are taking Bella and Dutch back to their owner in the end of Chapter 17?

4. Why does the box of kittens fall into the pool in Chapter 20?

5. Who pleads with Axel to go with the others when they go south in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sylvia and how is she described?

2. How does Bella almost die in Chapter 21?

3. How does Bella save the kittens in Chapter 20?

4. What does Bella steal from the grocery store in Chapter 22? What are the repercussions of this action?

5. Who trashes Axel's belongings and what is done about it?

6. How and where does Bella first meet Big Kitten?

7. Why does Dutch run away in Chapter 18?

8. What is done to help the man after the avalanche in Chapter 16?

9. What does Sylvia tell Gavin when he returns for the dogs in Chapter 21? Why is this a cause for tension in the reader?

10. Who is Axel and where does he live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of imagery in A Dog's Way Home. What similes are seen in the text? What metaphors are used? How is onomatopoeia employed? How would you say each example has served you as a reader?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the plot structure of A Dog's Way Home. What is the inciting incident of the plot? Where does the climax of the novel occur? What information is revealed in the falling action and denouement of the story?

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