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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 does Esther ask Ben to respond to the new neighbor?
2. How far away from the female's den has Burton laid the trap intended to catch her?
3. How many days of travel did it take the MacDonalds to find open land north of Winnipeg when they were searching for a farm site?
4. How do the MacDonald animals respond when they see Ben coming?
5. How does the MacDonald family react to seeing the badger Burton caught?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Ben so happy at dinner at the end of Chapter Three?
2. What does Esther suggest in Chapter One as the real reason Ben acts as though he is afraid of his father?
3. Describe the growth of the MacDonald farm in the early years of the settlement.
4. One of the pups is still alive when the female badger finally escapes the trap and returns to her den. Why does the last pup die?
5. Why does the hawk not frighten the badger while she searches for a site for her den?
6. What reasons does the author give in Chapter Three for why Ben wishes to become a bird?
7. Explain the development of the baby badgers as described in Chapter Four.
8. Explain why the female badger did not run after her meeting with Ben.
9. Describe the way in which William and Esther MacDonald planned to find the site for their farm.
10. In the prologue, how is Esther MacDonald described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the relationship between William and Esther MacDonald. Do the two have a believable relationship? What are the major sources of conflict between the two of them, if any? Use supporting details from the book to support your paper.
Essay Topic 2
Are Eckert's animals lifelike and believable? Or are they too anthropomorphic to be real? Pick three animals from the story (aside from the badger) and discuss how realistic the animals seem.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the badger as a symbol of Ben's autism. Does the symbol work? Or does the badger represent something else? Use supporting material from the novel.
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