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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 people does French see when he is wheeled into the main room in Chapter 11?

2. About how old is the man Rose sees at a house with young people in Chapter 16?

3. How old is Rose in Chapter 2?

4. After how many nights Rose and Derrick spend at the Chief's does it rain in the morning?

5. Who does French call for when he is in the dark inside who has not seen since that person climbed down the roof beside the Friendship Centre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does French wake to in Chapter 3?

2. What is Chi Boy's story and how did he meet Wab?

3. Who is Father Carole?

4. In Chapter 11, what does French see and here when he is wheeled back to his quarters?

5. What does Mitch know about his and French's mother?

6. In Chapter 3, what is the last thing French remembers before he finds himself in the dark?

7. What does Rose learn about the Chief from Nam?

8. What type of punishment is meted out in the Correction Room?

9. Who are the inhabitants of a house where Rose gets antibiotics for Derrick?

10. Why does no one panic when they learn that Rose and Derrick are gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Hunting by Stars and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Nam kills the Chief. How and why does Nam kill the Chief? Why does he not tell Rose and Derrick that the Chief is dead?

Essay Topic 3

French and Mitch were close before Mitch was taken by the Recruiters. How has the relationship between French and Mitch changed and why?

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