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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 many teeth does Norris show Gwendy that were found in Carla's sweatshirt?

2. In Chapter 51, how much snow is on the ground?

3. How long after Mr. Peterson returns to his wife and daughter in Chapter 56, does an orderly come to take Mrs. Peterson to imaging?

4. In Chapter 52, what day of the week are Gwendy and her father in the emergency room with her mother?

5. What does Lucas stop the searchers in Chapter 39 from stepping on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do searchers see when they are covering the field in Chapter 39?

2. Why does Sheriff Norris come to see Gwendy in Chapter 57?

3. In Chapter 50, what stops Gwendy from using the box?

4. What do the Hoffmans look like?

5. In Chapter 42, why does Norris ask Gwendy to come down to the stationhouse?

6. How does Gwendy get her magic feather?

7. In Chapter 61, how do Gwendy and her father drive her mother crazy when she gets home from the hospital?

8. In Chapter 38, why does Gwendy meet the sheriff at a field?

9. What news does Dr. Celano have for Gwendy and her parents?

10. What do Mrs. Peterson's blood tests from December 22 seem to show?

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

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 characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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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