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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 Bailey find when he goes out the new dog door to the back yard?

2. What happens to the main character when he gets into a fight?

3. When does Ethan's mom take Bailey home?

4. He compares the man who feeds him to _____________ in his last lifetime.

5. Describe Ethan's injury.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bailey/Toby feel about other animals? Why?

2. What is the reason Bailey does not like the flip? What does this say about him?

3. What might Todd's behavior foreshadow?

4. How does Bailey save the family? What most likely happened to Todd? How is this good and bad?

5. Why is Toby unadoptable? Do you agree? Why or why not?

6. What might Ethan mean by Doodle Dog?

7. How has Ethan and Hannah's relationship changed? Why?

8. How does Ethan beat Todd? How might Todd feel about this? Why?

9. How has life changed for this family after Todd's setting fire to their house?

10. What happens to the relationships of these main characters? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main character has several owners throughout this story.

Part 1) Describe his various owners. How do these owners compare to each other? How do the feelings and actions of these owners affect the main character?

Part 2) How can the reader relate to the dog's various situations, due to his owners? How do those around us influence us?

Part 3) What can be learned from the main character regarding his owners? How can we apply this to our relationships with our parents, bosses, and other superiors?

Essay Topic 2

The main character is joyful to be a dog.

Part 1) Why is the dog joyful? How is this seen through his thoughts and actions?

Part 2) How else does the dog feel in this story? Why does he feel this way? How does this compare to those around him?

Part 3) How can the reader relate to the main character's feelings? How is personification used regarding the dog's emotions?

Essay Topic 3

An important theme in this book supports the belief that dog is man's best friend.

Part 1) How is this theme supported in this book? How is this an important theme? Why might this be an important theme?

Part 2) Which do you believe is more accurate, that dog is man's best friend or that man is dog's best friend? Why? Does this book support your belief? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) How have dogs been important to the development of human society? What other animals have also played pivotal roles in the building of our world today?

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