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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. What book did Vola find on the body of the man she killed?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) Grimm's Fairy Tales.
(c) Grapes of Wrath.
(d) The Seven Voyages of Sinbad.

2. What type of birds are in the tree that Pax climbs in Chapter 25?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Jays.
(c) Robins.
(d) Crows.

3. As Pax, Bristle, and Runt hide in cattail reeds in Chapter 23, what do they see?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Doe.
(c) Human.
(d) Buck.

4. What does Peter want to carve in Chapter 18?
(a) A knife handle.
(b) His mother.
(c) A puppet.
(d) Fox.

5. In Chapter 26, how long does Peter watch to see if a guard station is empty?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Vola told Peter that they should always tell the truth?

2. What sound makes Bristle think she needs to move Runt in Chapter 21?

3. What did Peter and his friends call a tree they used to play near at the mill?

4. In Chapter 25, where does Pax take Runt to get a drink of water.

5. What does Pax smell at the end of Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Pax relieved at the beginning of Chapter 29 when he sees Bristle and Runt outside?

2. Why does Peter agree to spend the night before leaving in Chapter 22?

3. How does Peter get up a ten-foot sheer rock wall in Chapter 28?

4. What does Peter see when he emerges from the woods in Chapter 28?

5. What is Pax thinking about the meals he has had in Chapter 23?

6. What does Peter remember in Chapter 20 that Pax did that might have saved his life?

7. How does Vola help Peter understand the marionettes and how to work them?

8. How does Bristle lure the coyote away from Runt?

9. Why does Peter believe that Vola would be a good teacher?

10. How long after his mother's death did it take Peter to have a day where he did not think of her all day?

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