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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 word from the novel refers to a colorless, flammable, oily liquid similarly obtained and used as fuel, especially kerosine?
2. What two objects are located in Danny's father's office at his business?
3. What kind of fish does Doc Spencer describe poaching in Chapter 9?
4. How many pheasants has Danny's father managed to poach in Chapter 5?
5. Danny says in Chapter 2 that he doubts if his father had read how many books in his life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Doc Spencer do for William in Chapter 9?
2. Where does Danny live? What is unique about his home?
3. What did Doc Spencer poach in his youth? How?
4. How does Danny's father feel about Mr. Hazell? Why?
5. What does Danny do when he realizes his father is gone in the night in Chapter 4?
6. How does Danny's father act on the days he plans to go poaching?
7. How is "The Horse-hair Stopper" described in Chapter 5?
8. Why does Danny say his father might be perceived as a serious man? How is this not the case?
9. Where does Danny's father go to poach pheasants? Why?
10. How does Danny feel about his father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the plot structure of Danny, the Champion of the World. Where in the novel does the exposition transition into rising action? Where is the climax of the plot? What does the reader learn in its falling action and denouement?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the characters and setting of Danny's school. Where is the school located? How many students attend? Who are the teachers?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of Danny's mother in Danny, the Champion of the World? What does Danny learn about his mother in the course of the novel? Why is this important? What do you think Danny's mother symbolizes?
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