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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. Where does Danny's father go to buy raisins in Chapter 12?

2. When was Danny's school building erected?

3. How much of each sleeping pill will go into each raisin for Danny's father's plan in Chapter 11?

4. In what war did Captain Lancaster fight?

5. In whose honor was Danny's school building erected, according to the plaque over the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Mr. Hazell to depart the gas station in Chapter 20?

2. How do Danny and his father collect the pheasants in Chapter 16? How many do they collect?

3. How do Danny and his father transport the pheasants from Hazell Wood in Chapter 17? Who assists them?

4. What equipment does Danny's father decide to buy in Chapter 18? Why?

5. What does Danny's father reveal to him about Danny's mother that surprises him in Chapter 13?

6. How does Danny describe Captain Lancaster's appearance and demeanor in Chapter 12?

7. How is Miss Birdseye described in the narrative?

8. What is Mr. Snoddy's secret and how did Danny discover it?

9. When do Danny and his father plan to enact their poaching plot in Chapter 11? Why?

10. Where do Danny and his father take the pheasants in Chapter 17? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Mr. Hazell in Danny, the Champion of the World. What is Mr. Hazell's profession? How is his appearance described? What is his demeanor like? What role does Mr. Hazell play in the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Danny, the Champion of the World. Where in the novel does the exposition transition into rising action? Where is the climax of the plot? What does the reader learn in its falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Secret Methods to poaching that are illustrated in the novel. What is Method Number One? What is Method Number Two? What third method is developed and how does it work?

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