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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. What does Frau Stein try to do to the stranger?

2. Who states that the men Heinrich thanked for help had really done nothing?

3. What needs to be done on the day of the university deadline?

4. Who helps August pray after he is discovered helping Number 44?

5. What does the tribe get jealous of Number 44 for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Number 44 show August on their first journey together?

2. Who has hired Balthasar and why?

3. What rumor spread through the castle after the printing of the Bible?

4. How does Moses try and get Number 44 in trouble, and what happens in the end?

5. What happens in the days that follow the fulfillment of Number 44's threat?

6. What does Emil ask of August when he comes to August's room?

7. What does Number 44 do when he sees that August wants to befriend him?

8. What concepts does Number 44 try to teach August about after their journeys together?

9. What does Number 44 tell the dog to do for Heinrich?

10. What does August do when he gets sad or stressed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marget's maid is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different stages of August's friendship with Number 44, and how do these stages affect August and the progression of the plot?

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