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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 Pax's pen at Peter's house, what is the floor of the pen made of?

2. What color is Peter's hair?

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

4. An hour after the attack by the other fox, where does Gray sit to rest?

5. What type of bird settles on Vola's fingers when she feeds the birds in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Bristle and Runt's parents go to a humans' farm?

4. What do Peter and Vola eat in Chapter 12?

5. What happens when Gray and Pax meet the challenger fox?

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

7. What are Vola's three conditions for helping Peter?

8. What does Peter ask Vola to help him do in Chapter 10?

9. What is special about the bracelet Peter carries?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The plastic toy soldier is a symbol in the novel. What does the toy soldier symbolize in relation to Peter and Pax? What does it symbolize about Peter’s father? Why is the toy soldier important to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

\How does the author use cliffhangers to create suspense? What other literary techniques does the author use to create suspense? How does the use of suspense affect the plot?

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