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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 does Runt bring Pax that he can eat in Chapter 13?

2. At the foot of what type of tree does the fox's toy land in Chapter 1?

3. How long does Peter need to be able to hike on rough terrain using crutches in order to be able to go and search for Pax?

4. Which bone does the woman in Chapter 8 say that Peter has broken?

5. How many years has Peter cared for Pax?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How had Peter handled fracturing his thumb?

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

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

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

8. What does Runt look like?

9. What was Pax's early life like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between Pax and Bristle changes in the novel. What is their relationship like when they first meet? How does their relationship change? Why does it change?

Essay Topic 2

Peter welcomes his father’s hug when they meet toward the end of the novel. What type of relationship do the two have? How do the experiences in the novel affect their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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