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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 does Harriet think Caddie should do with her money?

2. Who saves Caddie when she falls through the ice?

3. What does Caddie pick at the beginning of the book to bring home?

4. What does the dinner guest ask Johnny to fix for him?

5. What kind of animal does the Woodlawn family have to evade at one point?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Caddie feel when Edmund asks her to go hunting with him?

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

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

4. How does Caddie feel about pigeon hunting?

5. How do the Woodlawns react to Katie being in their house?

6. What does Edmund do to make Caddie feel better after her raft falls apart?

7. How does Harriet respond when she hears Caddie went to the Indian Camp alone?

8. Why does Johnny allow Caddie to run so free and wild?

9. Why does Mr. Tanner enjoy taking meals at the Woodlawn house?

10. What does Caddie overhear Melvin Kent say while he is at her house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair occurs in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Johnny choose to raise Caddie and why? How does this decision affect the course of the plot?

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