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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. How does Bernie react to the horses muzzling him?

2. What did the rats kill the deckled gray for?

3. How does the Old One react when three young rats laugh at Whittington?

4. What is Havey named after?

5. What word does Ben ask Whittington to explain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dick ask for, in addition to the king's initial offer, in exchange for his cat?

2. What does Whittington slip off and do immediately after the first part of his story about Dick Whittington?

3. How do Abby and Ben change after the horses arrive?

4. How did Will Price get his scar?

5. What kind of reputation does Dick get at the London docks?

6. How do the flock of birds in the cornfield react when the Lady and Whittington go to investigate them?

7. How does the captain react to Dick Whittington's cat?

8. How does the black hen act when Bernie examines her?

9. How does Ben react when Gran gives him something to read?

10. What is the one warm spot outside the barn during the snowy winter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of family in the novel.

1) How is family different from friends in the novel? What makes up a family?

2) How do characters lose their families, and how do they build new families?

3) What role do families fill for characters? Why is family important in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the danger and trials the characters go through in the novel.

1) What role do danger and trials play in Dick Whittington's life? What does danger teach him about the world?

2) What role does danger play in the animal world in the barn? Why is danger a part of life?

3) What dangers and trials do Abby and Ben face? How are the dangers they face different from those of the animals and of Dick Whittington?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss kindness in the novel and how characters give help to each other.

1) What affects does Bernie's kindness have on the other characters?

2) What role does kindness and help play in Dick Whittington's life and success? How does Dick show kindness and help to others?

3) What kindness and help does Ben receive in his struggle to learn to read? How does he react to kindness and help?

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