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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. How was OR-7 tracked?

2. What happens to the raven in "Water"?

3. What does Wander do to warn the horses of the cougar in "Hunt"?

4. Where are the largest wolves of all located?

5. What does Wander decide to do in order to bring the female wolf to him in "Track"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wander leave behind the lake area in "Mountain"?

2. How large are wolf packs and territories?

3. What do mountains symbolize in A Wolf Called Wander?

4. Who advised Wander on the dangers of fire and how to escape it? What advice was given?

5. What aspects of wolf behavior and communicaton are demonstrated in "Fear"?

6. Why does Wander begin to mark territory in "Howl"?

7. How is Night described? How does she behave when she meets Wander?

8. What does Wander manage to successfully hunt in "Water"? How does he feel about the hunt?

9. What does Wander observe the horses doing in "Mountain"?

10. How many teeth do wolves have? What is the strength of their bite?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative style of A Wolf Called Wander. Why is this narrative style unique? How does it relate to some of the other literary devices that are employed in the narrative? How would the story differ if it were related from a different narrative point of view?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the different settings presented in A Wolf Called Wander and discuss their importance to the story. Could this novel have been set elsewhere? Why or why not? Why is the setting of the novel important?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Wander and the raven in the novel. How do these characters "meet"? How do they communicate with one another? What does the raven symbolize to Wander?

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