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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. In Chapter 40, where were Bram and Gertie looking for Modoc and work?

2. Where did Mr. North take Mo rather than selling her to Bram?

3. Where did Kelly get a job after the fire?

4. How long were the tusks of the breeding bull elephant?

5. How large was the python that Modoc encountered on the trail?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What did Bram believe he heard Kalli Gooma say after Ja told Bram he could not marry Sian?

4. How did Sian die?

5. What were Bram's living quarters like when he joined North's Circus?

6. Describe Bram's and Sian's wedding.

7. Why was the breeding bull tethered and tended by children from Calcutta?

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

9. Why did Jagrat have Bram meet him by the lake?

10. What did Ja write in one of his letters to Bram?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the dangers along the trail that Bram and Mo traveled when they left the Elephantarium and how Bram and Mo dealt with these dangers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Bram's training as an elephant trainer and how that affected his training of Modoc. Did this style of training make Bram more successful than other elephant trainers?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflicts that Bram struggled with throughout the book and how they affected his life. Were these conflicts mostly internal or external?

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