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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. How many trees does Vola have to care for?

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

3. What is the fox's favorite toy?

4. Who watches over Pax while he sleeps in Chapter 13?

5. What does Bristle catch in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bristle catch a rat?

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

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

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

6. How does Vola set Peter's foot?

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

8. What is Peter's condition when he gets to the jog in the wall where he saw the deer earlier?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

\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?

Essay Topic 2

Peter experiences feelings of guilt and anger when he thinks about his mother and her death. Why is Peter experiencing feelings of both built and anger when he thinks about his mother and her death? What was their relationship like? How did her death affect Peter and the young man he is becoming?

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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