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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 reason does Burton give for Lobo's respect of badgers?
2. At the beginning of Chapter Two, how old is the female badger?
3. Which of the following does Burton NOT mention as a use for badger pelts in Chapter Five?
4. Which of the following fates did NOT befall the female badger's previous litter?
5. After the initial digging, the badger moves away and begins to dig again at what distance from the first site?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Burton wish to trap on the MacDonald's land?
2. How do the townspeople of Winnipeg react to the stories of Ben's relationship with animals?
3. Explain the development of the baby badgers as described in Chapter Four.
4. Describe the badger's appearance at the opening of Chapter Two.
5. Why was the male badger unable to detect the danger of the trap?
6. Why does William hit Ben when Ben tries to stop him from skinning the badger?
7. According to the townspeople of Winnipeg, why does Burton take his dog, Lobo, with him wherever he goes?
8. Why does the hawk not frighten the badger while she searches for a site for her den?
9. What occurrence leads the MacDonalds to name the site for the new farm?
10. During dinner in Chapter Five, who does Burton tell John carries badger fangs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based on his treatment of each group in the novel, does the author prefer humans or animals? What evidence supports your theory? Which group does the author spend more time describing, and why?
Essay Topic 2
The author claims that Ben is able to survive--though he does lose a great deal of weight--for two months on a badger's diet. Analyze the possibility of this. Can a human receive adequate nutrition from the items the author says the badger feeds Ben? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Are Eckert's animals lifelike and believable? Or are they too anthropomorphic to be real? Pick three animals from the story (aside from the badger) and discuss how realistic the animals seem.
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