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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 Chad claim the wolf dogs do for the being Chad says he encountered in the woods?

2. On page 9, one of the senators refers to a scientist as "eccentric"--what kind of a person does this word describe?

3. What does SunRay Farms produce?

4. Who is the author of Fuzzy Mud?

5. Why does Marshall temporarily leave Tamaya alone in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the changes that occur in Tamaya's rash overnight in Chapter 12.

2. When he is lying away on the night after Chad's attack, what does Marshall decide is his best hope for a final ending to the situation with Chad?

3. What are some of the odd habits that Jonathan Fitzman has?

4. Why does Marshall blame his parents for his problems with Chad?

5. How do the stories that Chad tells help to show what kind of a person he is?

6. What irony does Jonathan Fitzman see in the senators' questions about the ergonyms escaping into the environment?

7. What does Ms. Filbert's balloon demonstration show about her as a teacher?

8. Describe the setting of SunRay Farm.

9. What does Tamaya and her mother's nighttime routine communicate about their relationship?

10. When he is lying awake on the night after Chad's attack, what two possible endings does Marshall imagine for a scenario where he tries to defend Tamaya from Chad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When you began reading this novel, you made a guess about whether Tamaya would be a static or dynamic character. What kind of a person is she at the beginning of this book? How do you know? What kind of a person is she at the end? How do you know? Does this make her a static or a dynamic character? After you have an answer to these questions, write an essay that makes a claim about whether Tamaya is a static or dynamic character and that uses evidence from the beginning, middle, and end of the text to support your claim. Remember that if you use quoted evidence, this should be cited in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

For Chad and Marshall, learning to understand themselves and their intentions more clearly is a journey that reaches a turning point when they are in the woods together for the second time. But their journey does not end here, of course--there are still many more chapters of the novel to go. How do the remaining chapters of the novel demonstrate whether or not these two boys have been successful in learning to understand themselves better? Is there evidence that they have made progress by the end of the novel, or do they fall back into their old ways? Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about whether the things they realized about themselves in the woods have had a lasting impact. Support your claims with evidence drawn from throughout the text. If you use quoted evidence, remember to cite it in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

You have already spent some time thinking about the symbolism of the Woodridge Academy sweaters. But there are several other symbols that are important in the same section of the text. Think about the role that food plays in this section, for instance, or the importance of the trees Chad climbs. Choose another symbol from the part of the story where Tamaya goes into the woods to rescue Chad and Marshall ends up rescuing both Tamaya and Chad (Chapters 21-31). Write an essay that describes the symbol and then shows how this symbol is developed throughout this section of text. Make sure that your essay offers a clear theory about what the symbol conveys, and support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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