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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 of Runt's littermates died on the same day?

2. What does Pax try to eat after discarding a bit of marsh rat?

3. How many kits were in Pax's litter when he was born?

4. What does Peter eat for his first breakfast on the road in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 14, how many times has Peter gotten up to do pull-ups on a beam?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How had Peter handled fracturing his thumb?

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

4. How does Runt help Pax in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The role of family among the foxes is an important theme. How does the author portray the importance of family to foxes? Are fox families only comprised of genetic families? How does Pax become a part of a fox family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Pax has believed that humans are basically good. How does Pax feel about humans at the beginning of the novel? What does Pax learn about humans as the novel progresses? What does he learn about Peter? How and why do Pax’s view of humans begin to change in the book?

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