Homecoming (1) (The Tillerman Cycle) Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Homecoming (1) (The Tillerman Cycle) Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 much money does Dicey have left at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3?

2. How old is Dicey's mother?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Dicey have to do to get a map?

4. In Chapter 4, in what direction does the trail wind that the children take when they go clamming?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 1, where does Dicey take her siblings after she goes for a walk to think?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the children eat when they cannot go clamming in Chapter 4?

2. What does Liza Tillerman look like when she walks away from her children in the car?

3. Why does Sergeant Gordo have Dicey come to the police station, and what news does he have for her?

4. Where does Stewart take the children before the takes them to their aunt's house?

5. What does Dicey buy to eat on the third day they are walking, and how much money remains?

6. What do the Tillerman children look like?

7. What do Edie and Louis tell the children they learned when they went to the grocery store in Chapter 5?

8. What does Dicey do when she wakes in Chapter 8, and how does it make her feel?

9. Why is Stewart missing $20 in Chapter 8?

10. Why do the children hurry away in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Homecoming? How does Voigt provide clues regarding when the story takes place?

Essay Topic 2

James’ role on the trip changes. How and why does his role change as they travel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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