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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 did Daria have in her hands when Ibra asked her to marry him?
2. In Chapter 40, how many days is it before Viola's wedding?
3. How long is it said that the far patrollers sat in a tree once without moving?
4. Who gives Sanzi their hand and helps pull her up when the rope breaks and she falls?
5. What does Billy feel when he is picked to help build the new bridge?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is it different for Homer and Billy to work the fields in Freewater than it was to work the fields on the plantations?
2. Why does Homer volunteer to help build the new bridge?
3. How does Billy comfort Juna in Chapter 51?
4. How does a fire start in the cornfields?
5. In Chapter 38, where does Sanzi's mother take her, and what does she tell Sanzi?
6. What does Nora notice about Rose in Chapter 40?
7. Why does Ada get upset during Daria and Ibra's wedding?
8. How do Homer, Sanzi, Juna, and Ferdinand get a pig and carry it back to the village?
9. What do Homer and Ada see that surprises them when Juna is showing them around?
10. What plans does Mr. Crumb have for the runaways in Chapter 37, and why is Mrs. Crumb upset about his plan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does Dawson use cliffhangers in Freewater? How do the cliffhangers create suspense?
Essay Topic 2
Sanzi looks up to Suleman and sees him as a hero. She wants to be a hero like he is, and she tries to model her actions after his actions. How does Sanzi try to be a heroine? Why after the cornfield fire does she decide she is not a heroine?
Essay Topic 3
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Freewater and why is that incident the climax?
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