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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 type of face does the scarecrow have in Chapter 8?

2. What type of animal does Sophie set free in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 2, how many weeks does Martha say that she was at Mrs. Fairfax's before she changed places with Lettie?

4. What does Michael bring Sophie in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 7, how long does Michael's apprenticeship have to run?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cheers Sophie up in Chapter 6?

2. What does Mrs. Fairfax know about Howl in Chapter 8?

3. What happens in Chapter 5 when Sophie tries to clean Howl's room and the yard?

4. What is told about Sophie and her family in Chapter 1?

5. What agreement do Sophie and the fire demon make in Chapter 3?

6. How did Michael become an orphan and then Howl's apprentice?

7. What does Calcifer have to do to get rid of the scarecrow in Chapter 7?

8. What does Martha tell Sophie about her mother?

9. How does Sophie get into Howl's castle?

10. At the end of Chapter 7, how does Howl think that Sophie can help him get the King off his back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many conflicts in the novel. Are these conflicts mostly internal or external?

Essay Topic 2

Howl and the Witch have many conflicts. Are most of the conflicts in the novel man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self?

Essay Topic 3

Sophie and Howl disagree a lot when they first live together in the castle. How does their relationship change?

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