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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 color is Caddie's hair?

2. Who is sent to collect the logs from the raft?

3. What is the name of the Woodlawn's favorite hired hand?

4. What does John call Caddie?

5. Where does Caddie decide to go at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harriet do after they get word of the possible Indian uprising?

2. Why does Johnny say he doesn't want his part of the Woodlawn fortune?

3. What is so surprising to the Indians about the Woodlawn children?

4. What does Mr. Tanner ask Johnny to fix, and why?

5. What bet does Caddie make with Edmund, and how does he respond?

6. What do Caddie and her brothers do at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Caddie think about when she goes to bed after hearing her father's story?

8. How does Caddie feel about pigeon hunting?

9. How does Caddie plan not to eat the turkey sandwiches her mother makes for lunch?

10. Where does Miss Parker work during the year, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Edmund is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Responsibility and coming of age are two interwoven themes. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to move the plot along?

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