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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 used to be Sam's Dad's occupation?

2. What type of bird did Sam hear in "I Meet One of My Own Kind," when he was helping an old lady?

3. In "I Find a Real Man," what did the man want to call Sam?

4. Where does The Baron live?

5. In "The King's Provider," what did Miss Turner tell Sam he needed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam like to eat frogs?

2. When Sam left New York, what did he take with him?

3. How did Sam get a deer in "How a Door Came to Me"?

4. What did Sam find that seemed to be the foundation of the old house and what did he find there?

5. In "The King's Provider," what did Sam study at the library?

6. What did Sam find on his Great-grandfather's farm when he went exploring?

7. How did Sam make salt in "I Learn to Season My Food"?

8. How is Sam's tree home laid out?

9. What did a book that Sam read suggest to do to find edible plants?

10. Who was Bando and how did he happen to be sleeping in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Sam states that he is not a runaway any longer. Why isn't Sam a runaway by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Sam nicknamed a weasel he found alive in one of his traps. Why did Sam name the weasel and how did they interact together?

Essay Topic 3

Several articles are written about a wild boy living in the woods near Delhi. Why does Sam worry about the accounts at first, and then he decides not to concern himself with the reports for now?

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