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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 is the name of the book that Bastian reads?
2. What are the people of the Grassy Ocean known as?
3. What fact does Bastian learn about Atreyu that he can relate to?
4. In order to escape his day-to-day life, Bastian does what?
5. Who dies in the Swamps of Sadness?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how the geography of Fantastica works.
2. What is Ygramul the Many?
3. Explain how Bastian's father became so distant.
4. Explain how Bastian winds up with the book in his possession.
5. Why does Falkor suggest that they go to the Ivory Tower instead of trying to find the borders of Fantastica, after they leave the gnomes?
6. What creature does Atreyu find chained in the ghost town and why does it tell him it is chained there?
7. How does Bastian think his father will react to Bastian's running away?
8. Describe how the Childlike Empress rules.
9. What is Cairon, the 500th doctor's mission?
10. Describe the gates to the Southern Oracle.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The book is full of symbolism. Choose one of the following situations and explain what it symbolizes and what lessons it teaches:
1. Bastian changing into the Empress' image of him
2. Bastian wounding Atreyu with Sikandra
3. Bastian's encounter with the Know-Nothings
Essay Topic 2
Fantastica and the real world are forever tied together. Use examples from the story to explain how what goes on in one affects what goes on in the other.
Essay Topic 3
Bastian struggles with image throughout the story. Use examples from the book, as well as real life situations, to explain how self-image can affect people's actions and thoughts. Do you think that people's self-image is caused by how they are treated by others, or that they are treated by others based on their self-image? Explain your answer.
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