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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 does Homer do when a hand comes near his crate?

2. Where does Homer watch most of the medicine show from?

3. Where does Fleabottom say the Totally Tattooed Woman is from?

4. What do the Brillo Brothers throw over Homer's crate?

5. What is the name of the journalist and Homer's fellow prisoner in the barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the traveling show learn about the war in chapter twenty six?

2. How does Miss Nibbly get rid of Homer?

3. How do the crowd react to Homer in the crate?

4. Why do the military surround the traveling show?

5. How do Griswold and Homer escape?

6. What evidence is there that Fleabottom could be a spy?

7. Describe the performance Homer has to give in this section?

8. How does Mr. Brewster help out Homer in chapter fourteen?

9. How does Homer describe Professor Fleabottom?

10. Summarize chapter seventeen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Mr. Willow so naive? What does this trait highlight about Homer's own character?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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