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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Pax see at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) An old woman.
(b) Peter's father.
(c) An old man.
(d) Peter.

2. What month is it in Chapter 2?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) March.

3. How old is Peter's father?
(a) 32.
(b) 41.
(c) 36.
(d) 38.

4. How old does Peter think the woman is that he sees when he awakes in Chapter 8?
(a) About his grandfather's age.
(b) 30s.
(c) Not much older than his father.
(d) 50s.

5. What did Runt's mother want to get from the humans' barn?
(a) Mice.
(b) Pig slops.
(c) Apples.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Runt and Bristle's parents die?

2. At the foot of what type of tree does the fox's toy land in Chapter 1?

3. How long does the woman in Chapter 8 think that Peter's foot needs to be in a cast?

4. In Chapter 4, how far does Peter have to go before he hits the highway?

5. When does Pax awake in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peter have to leave Pax at the beginning of the novel?

2. What are the first two mistakes that Peter makes in Chapter 4?

3. What does Peter see when he wakes in Chapter 6?

4. How does Pax feel at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. What does Gray tell Bristle, Runt, and his mate that he will do in Chapter 9?

6. What does Runt look like?

7. What does Pax see when he looks down into the meadow in Chapter 9?

8. Why does Peter watch a kid on the ball field who is wearing a red t-shirt?

9. How does the fox sense that the car is slowing in Chapter 1?

10. Why does Pax decide to wait by the road after Peter and his father left?

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