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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 long were the tusks of the breeding bull elephant?

2. What did North consider changing Modoc's name to when he took her back to America?

3. How many of the elephants in North's circus were males?

4. How underweight was Mo when Ralph went to get her?

5. What was the name of Sian's elephant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Mo and other elephants at the North Circus sick in Chapter 35?

2. What did the men look like who tried to steal Mo?

3. What did the maharajah say and do the last time that Bram saw him?

4. Why did Bram weep when he staggered out of the structure where he was being cared for after the guerrilla war?

5. How did Kelly help Mo to breath after she inhaled too much smoke?

6. How did Sian die?

7. What did Bram ask permission to do when the headman told him he could not work in the teak forest?

8. In the village that Bram and Mo came to after the abduction, why did the villagers build the floors of their homes on the natural slant of the hill?

9. How did Modoc travel to the ship that transported her to America?

10. When did Bram and Mo die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss life in Mayaua and how it changed when Bram and Mo came. Were these changes permanent?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss who did and did not survive the shipwreck. Did the location of individuals during the shipwreck determine whether they lived or died?

Essay Topic 3

Bram promised his father that he would always take care of Modoc. Discuss how Bram decided to keep his promise, how he was helped to keep the promise, and how that promise changed his life.

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