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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 wild plant does Robert eat outside?

2. What does Robert ask his parents to tell the farmer?

3. What is the remedy for Robert's bad grade?

4. What is Robert's mother's name?

5. Who does the tutor think it would be easier to teach than Robert?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Aunt Mattie's exasperation also a source of humor?

2. What is the relationship between Robert and Pinky?

3. Explain Robert's observations about a hawk flying overhead.

4. Describe Robert's appreciation for his simple meal of succotash and milk.

5. What does Robert encounter when he wanders after leaving school?

6. What delight does Robert find waiting for him when he arrives home?

7. How does everyone at the farm view the birth of the new kittens?

8. What is the literary technique used when Robert watches a crow kill a frog in a pond?

9. How is Papa's sense of humor revealed in Chapter 3?

10. What is different about Robert's clothes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Papa's evolving relationship with Robert. How does he gently guide him into becoming a man and being able to take over the farm?

Essay Topic 2

Robert begins to show signs of maturity as the story evolves. Cite at least three examples that show that Robert is growing up and note why you selected the examples.

Essay Topic 3

One of the most important lessons Papa teaches Robert is when Papa slaughters Pinky so that the family will have some much-needed food. Name three lessons inherent in this scenario and why they are such big teaching examples for Robert.

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