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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 happens when Ethan is contacted and told the dog was to be adopted?

2. During the next days, Ellie and Maya found two children who had wandered away and a dead man. Maya is _____________ about the dead man than Jakob had been about such things.

3. Jakob takes Ellie to the park to _________.

4. The next day Buddy/Bailey finds his way to town by smell and finds what?

5. Jakob tells Maya he is taking disability and getting his __________ degree at UCLA.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is learned about Jakob? How does this encourage Maya?

2. How has the main character changed and stayed the same?

3. How is the dog park important?

4. What repetition has taken place in each story so far? Why?

5. How does Bear's luck turn around in this section?

6. How, at this point, are Jakob and Ethan alike?

7. Why might Ethan have kept the flip?

8. How does Ellie sacrifice herself in this section? Why?

9. How does Bear feel when Derek sets him free? Why does he feel this way?

10. What are the parallels between Ethan and Jakob?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used frequently throughout this book.

Part 1) Describe for instances when foreshadowing occurs. Why does it occur? What is foreshadowed? Why does the author choose to use foreshadowing in these instances?

Part 2) What other literary devices are used by the author? Does the use of literary devices enhance the book? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) How else does the author make the book more engaging? Is there anything else the author could have done to improve this book? If so, what? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

The main character uses his knowledge from previous lives to guide him in new lives.

Part 1) What knowledge does the dog remember from one life to the next? How does he benefit from this knowledge? What is the purpose of his knowing about each of his lives?

Part 2) How can the reader relate to these multiple lives and the lessons and skills learned in each? How can the reader apply this in his or her one life?

Part 3) What knowledge do you have now that you would want to take with you to another life? How is this knowledge important? How could you benefit from it in another life?

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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