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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. In Chapter 8, who does Elias remember came and lifted the sweet potatoes for them?

2. In Chapter 10, how many of the first chicks Fiela has are God's?

3. How many planks are in the ceiling and benches are in the room where Benjamin waits in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 3, what are the children chasing?

5. How far is the walk to the village for Elias and Barta?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the woodcutters help Elias and Barta before they left for the village?

2. How is Barta cared for when Lukas is missing?

3. Why was Selling convicted of murder when Fiela was pregnant with Emma?

4. In Chapter 7, how is the road described on page 71?

5. How difficult was it to tame Kicker?

6. Why does Elias work less than he used to in Chapter 5?

7. What questions does the magistrate ask Benjamin in Chapter 9?

8. In Chapter 8, why did Barta and Elias not spend the night in the village, and when did they have to leave because they did not spend the night?

9. What does Fiela decide to do on Monday in Chapter 10?

10. In Chapter 5, what scheme does Elias come up with to get elephant tusks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Strangers often treat people from the forest as inconsequential and uneducated. Who is a man that Malie remembers camping near her home? What did the man denigrate her family for doing? Was the man a hypocrite for denigrating Malie’s family?

Essay Topic 3

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 Fiela’s Child?

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