Pax, Journey Home Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sara Pennypacker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Pax, Journey Home Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sara Pennypacker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where do Pax and Bristle have a new den in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 13, what type of eggs does Pax find to eat in a burned out area?

3. What does Pax smell when he is running in Chapter 1?

4. After Pax's daughter is grabbed by a bird, where is she wounded?

5. Who in Samuel's family died in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter persuade Jade and Samuel to take him on the reconnaissance team?

2. In Chapter 11, how has Pax prepared Bristle and the kits for his absence?

3. How does Pax burn his paw in Chapter 13?

4. In Chapter 5, where are Pax and his family living and why?

5. What does Peter get from his grandfather and why in Chapter 4?

6. In Chapter 1, how many dead young has Pax found?

7. In Chapter 10 what does Peter's grandfather talk about, and how does Peter think his grandfather is acting?

8. Where and why does Pax run in Chapter 1?

9. How does Pax describe the scent of the water in the reservoir?

10. What does Vola tell Peter in Chapter 6 when she sees the job he has done building his cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Pax, Journey Home? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view between Peter and Pax help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Pax and the female kit have a close relationship. How would you describe the relationship between Pax and his female kit? What interactions between them reveal the type of relationship that they have?

Essay Topic 3

Pax, Journey Home tells Peter’s story during a pivotal year in his life. How do the events in the book help Peter grow and mature in the novel? What role does learning to care for people again have in his growth?

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