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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 much of every dollar goes to slow habitat destruction for the organization that Robin donates his first painting sales to?

2. How old is Robin at the beginning of the book?

3. Where does Inga bike from?

4. How much did Jayden give Robin for the Amur leopard?

5. When folded, about how big is the tent Theo and Robin pitch on his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Theo able to go to college?

2. Why has Theo never believed the diagnoses the doctors settled on his son?

3. What were the days like when Aly lobbied at the state Capitol?

4. Why does Carl Stryker, Theo's colleague yell at him when he returns from vacation on page 43?

5. What does Theo do for work?

6. What does Robin work on during his second DecNef session?

7. Where did Alyssa and Theo go when they finished their degrees?

8. What was Aly's closing when she testified to get a bill passed to stop hunting contests?

9. How successful is Robin's sale of his painting at the first farmers' market?

10. What is the cabin like that Theo rents in the Smokies for Robin's ninth birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Theo imagines a planet called Geminus. What happens when Theo and Robin make an imaginary visit? What does the planet symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Bewilderment?

Essay Topic 3

Theo and Robin discuss figures of speech. What are some figures of speech used in Bewilderment? How does the author use these to help readers understand concepts, ideas, or scenes?

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