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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. How old was Gwendy when she first visited Washington, D.C. with her parents?

2. What type of hat did Richard Farris always wear?

3. What type of vehicle does Gwendy have waiting for her at the Castle County Airport?

4. When is Gwendy's novel Dragonfly Summer printed?

5. How many girls are missing from Castle Rock in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Gwendy call as she drives home from the airport in Chapter 23?

2. In Chapter 3, what is the subject of the news article that Gwendy's mother sends her?

3. What does the button box look like?

4. Where do many first-year congressional representatives live and where does Gwendy live?

5. Who is Patsy Follett and what does she look like?

6. How long has it been since Gwendy has seen the button box, and what does she remember about it?

7. In Chapter 14, where is Ryan, and why is he there?

8. In Chapter 29 as Gwendy considers the turmoil in Timor, what does she remember about an assignment Ryan was on in Brazil several years ago?

9. In Chapter 24, what does Gwendy do when she gets to her condo?

10. How is Gwendy's appearance and manner of dressing described in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Gwendy’s Magic Feather? Why is it not fantasy?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Gwendy has a white feather that she calls magic. Why does Gwendy think her feather is magical? What does her feather stand for and represent?

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