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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 49, why do the inhabitants of Freewater not work in the fields?

2. How far does the wild pig fall after Sanzi and Ferdinand attack it?

3. Who does Sanzi cut with an arrow at the end of Chapter 36?

4. What is the first plant that Sanzi and her mother search for in Chapter 38?

5. In Chapter 41, how many new people does Suleman bring to Freewater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans does Homer make as he prepares to go back to Southerland?

2. What does Nora notice about Rose in Chapter 40?

3. Why does Homer think Two Shoes has run off?

4. What do Homer and Ada see that surprises them when Juna is showing them around?

5. How does Ferdinand's knife get destroyed in the fire?

6. How does Homer discover that Two Shoes has a map that shows how to get from Southerland to Freewater and keep Two Shoes from knowing he has found the map?

7. Why does Ada get upset during Daria and Ibra's wedding?

8. How does a fire start in the cornfields?

9. Why does Ada scream in Chapter 42, and how do Sanzi and Ferdinand help her?

10. What does Rose tell Nora about Viola, and how does Nora feel about what Rose tells her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Dawson use personification in Freewater? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 2

Homer has rules that he has followed at Southerland. He believes the most important rule he follows has been the rule to be invisible or unnoticeable when he does his work. What rules does Homer have for survival? What does it mean for Homer to be invisible, and how has being invisible helped him survive?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does Freewater take place? How characters feel about various settings in the novel and why?

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