View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matty look for when he goes inside Mentor's house?

2. What does Matty hope his true name will be?

3. How was the frog injured?

4. What kind of stringed instrument does Seer play in the evenings?

5. Where does Jean say her father is when Matty arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. List at least three ways Matty can tell that he's growing up.

2. There's a group gathered in chapter eleven to consider closing Village to outsiders. What does Seer say during that meeting about Matty's arrival at Village and what is the response of a neighbor woman?

3. What does Matty look for in Forest and what is his reaction when he finds it?

4. What does Matty know about Gather?

5. List two items that people traded for or tried to trade for during Trade Mart.

6. What does Matty remember in chapter three about his home before coming to Village, and what does he know about this kind of home?

7. Describe how Matty came to heal the frog in Forest.

8. Why does Matty send Jean for herbs and what does he do while she's gone?

9. What does Seer ask of Matty after the people vote to close Village to outsiders?

10. What are some of the things Leader sees from his home in chapter two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Trade Mart? How does Matty learn about Trade Mart? What does he tell Seer and Leader about Trade Mart? What is Matty's impression of Trade Mart?

Essay Topic 2

What might have happened if Matty had chosen not to give his life in order to heal the land? Why was Matty willing to make that sacrifice?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the attitudes of the people of Village to the atmosphere of Forest. How does each change over the course of the book and why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 820 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample