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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 is the name of Dutch's owner's sister?

2. What is Officer Mendez's first name?

3. What drug is referred to when Bella describes the men in the park passing "something small and thin like a pencil" in Chapter 23?

4. Where is Taylor going on a trip when he and Gavin prepare to take the dogs back to their owner in Chapter 18?

5. How many young men are at Axel's tent when Bella and he arrive in the beginning of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the presence of snow change the circumstances for Bella and Big Kitten in Chapter 15?

2. How does Bella almost die in Chapter 21?

3. How and where does Bella first meet Big Kitten?

4. Who is Axel and where does he live?

5. What are Bella's impressions of Gavin and Taylor?

6. How does Axel die? How does Bella respond?

7. Who is Tom and why is he important in the narrative?

8. Who is Sylvia and how is she described?

9. Where do Gavin and Taylor take Bella and Dutch in Chapter 17? Why?

10. How is the setting of Kurch's home described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bella's relationships with the residents and clients at the VA Hospital. In what ways does Bella help the residents? How do they help Bella? What is Bella's situation like regarding the VA hospital at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Lucas in A Dog's Way Home. What are Lucas's objectives in the novel? With whom does Lucas share relationships and how would you describe those relationships? What is Lucas's relationship with Bella like?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters of Loretta and Jose. For how long does Bella live with this couple? Where do they live? Why does Bella run away from Loretta and Jose?

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