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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 month is it on page 3?

2. What types of wolves had the king battled in the tree's first story?

3. After the divorce, where did Conor's father move?

4. On Page 26, when does Conor remember being in the nativity play with Lily?

5. On page 40, what do Conor, his grandmother, and mother have for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In page 24, how does Conor remember the day before he learned that his mother had cancer?

2. What does Conor do after eating breakfast?

3. What is the yard like at Conor's grandmother's house?

4. What does Conor hear and see just after midnight on pages 2-9.

5. What does Conor do when it is 12:07 on page 45?

6. Why is Conor's grandmother different from other grandmothers?

7. What happened to Conor's dad?

8. How long has Conor known Lily and what has their relationship been like?

9. What news does Conor's grandmother have for him at the beginning of "Little Talk"?

10. Why does Conor have to make his own breakfast on page 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conor thinks that the stories the monster tells are like fairy tales. Are the stories fairy tales? Why are they or are they not fairy tales?

Essay Topic 2

Conor has conflicting emotions regarding his mother’s impending death. Why does Conor feel both sadness and relief, and how does he learn to balance these feelings?

Essay Topic 3

A monster appears to Conor in his backyard, but Conor is not afraid of him. Why is Conor not afraid of the monster or afraid to talk back to the monster?

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