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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. In Chapter 7, in which direction does the hillside face?

2. What type of bird does the fox see and hear as he turns to take his toy to his boy in Chapter 1?

3. When do foxes teach their kits to hunt?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 6, how many kids are running down the hill?

5. How many conditions does Vola put upon helping Peter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was it not safe for Pax to be near the hillside and meadow with the other foxes in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Vola set Peter's foot?

10. What was Pax's early life like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vola served in the war. How did the war affect Vola? What was she diagnosed with when she left the military? How did that make it difficult for her to cope with life? What did Vola believe she lost because of the war and how was that different from the standard definition of post-traumatic stress syndrome?

Essay Topic 2

Vola is angered by humans who start wars, but do not tell the truth about the effects war has on people and on land. What experiences has Vola had in war? What effects has she had to endure because of war? How have those experiences shaped the way she describes war and its effects to Peter? What does Peter learn about war? How does he come to view war and how does that affect the choices he makes?

Essay Topic 3

Peter and Pax are two, but not two. In what ways are Peter and Pax bonded with one another? In what ways are they separate from one another? How does the theme of inseparability relate to Peter and Pax?

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