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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 was the name of Peter's father's dog when he was a kid?

2. In Chapter 8, what does the woman wear around her neck that Peter sees when he wakes?

3. What does Pax find in Chapter 3 that remind him of Peter and that he tries to eat?

4. Who went with Runt's mother to the humans' farm?

5. What is Peter's first mistake of the trip in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Runt look like?

2. What is special about the bracelet Peter carries?

3. How had Peter handled fracturing his thumb?

4. What does Peter look like when he sees his reflection in a store window?

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

6. What sense of the war does Pax get from the crows?

7. In Chapter 7, how does Pax feel after he moves back to the road to wait for his humans?

8. What does the woman look like that Peter sees when he wakes in Chapter 8?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Peter and Pax grow and mature in the novel. How would you describe the maturity level of each of them at the beginning of the novel? How do they mature and come of age through events in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Most of the time Peter has hope that Pax is surviving. Why does Peter vacillate between hope and despair when he thinks about Pax? In what ways does Peter merge with Pax? What can he sense about Pax? How does that cause him to hope? Why is Peter able to have hope that Pax is surviving?

Essay Topic 3

Peter has dealt with coyotes before he scares them away at the end of the novel. What does Peter think about when he hears the sounds of coyotes during his journey? What do coyotes have to do with Peter and his mother? How does Peter handle the situation with the coyotes that are threatening Pax and Bristle? In what way is that incident a chance for Peter to redeem himself?

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