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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. Who prepares the food at the Winckfield flying school?

2. What farmer is James allotted to help in Shropshire?

3. What physical problem does the old retired farmer have?

4. What kind of dog does Mr. Rington have?

5. Where is the convalescent home where James goes after the hospital located?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Judy and what is extraordinary about her?

2. What new product does Mr. Barge sell to Siegfried and James and what is it supposed to do?

3. Describe James' first solo flight.

4. What happens to the little stray dog that James and Siegfried observe begging in the marketplace?

5. Who is Mr. Potts and what does James do for him?

6. What does James remember from his childhood about how he spent every weekend from Easter to October?

7. What happens on the evening when Siegfried tells Tristan to stay at Skeldale house all evening?

8. What does Siegfried chastise James about regarding an old-age pensioner and why does it turn our to be a paradox?

9. Why is does Tristan have to stay home all evening at Skeldale house?

10. When James is grounded in the R.A.F. what job do they give him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What problem did Cedric, Mrs. Rumney's dog have? Why did the dog and Con Fenton end up being a perfect match?

2) Describe Wesley Binks. What was his relationship with James at first and how did it change and why?

3) Tell about what happened when Tristan took over the cooking at Skeldale house for a week. What did he cook? What accident did he have?

Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Recount briefly the story James tells about Mr. Dakin and his cow, Blossom and why you liked it.

2) Describe Lord Hulton, one of the animal owners James visits. What is one of his characteristics? What is wrong with Lord Hulton's pig and is James successful in saving it?

3) Who is Charlie and what relationship does he have with Lord Hulton? What does Hulton rely on Charlie to always do for him?

Write on two of the three topics.

Essay Topic 3

1) Tell the story of the little stray dog Siegfried and James see begging in the market place. What happens to the dog? What do Siegfried, James and the policeman do?

2) What does James hate to do and isn't good at doing which involves the Ministry of Agriculture. Explain what almost happens because of one of James's clerical errors.

3) Describe what happens on James' first solo flight.

Choose two of the topics to write on.

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