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. Which of the children gets a hole in a sneaker in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 4, where do the children get water to drink?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 2, when the fire is out where Dicey and the others are sleeping, how old does Dicey remember Sammy was when he used to run naked down the beach?

4. How many streets does Sammy cross with lights at the end of Chapter 12?

5. What time does Windy take the children to a diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dicey decide to do at the end of Chapter 12, and why?

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

3. What does Dicey buy in Chapter 4, and how does the clerk help her?

4. In Chapter 4, how does James get hurt?

5. Who is living at the children's aunt's house, and what does she tell them?

6. Who finds Dicey in Chapter 7, and what does he do?

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

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

9. Where do the children shelter for their fourth night on the road, and what do they have to eat?

10. What happens when Dicey goes to call the bus stations and find out prices of tickets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will Hawkins and Claire protect the children. How do Will and Claire protect the children? What do their actions reveal about them and who they are?

Essay Topic 2

Dicey sees an inscription on a tombstone that makes her think about home and death. What inscription does Dicey see on a tombstone? Why does the inscription make her think about home and death? What connection does she realize there is between home and death?

Essay Topic 3

Father Joseph makes assumptions about Liza and the Tillerman family. What assumptions does Father Joseph make? How do his assumptions affect what he thinks of the family and how he treats them?

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