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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 long does it take Peter to climb the stepped rise in Chapter 28?

2. How long do Pax, Runt, and Bristle play in Chapter 29?

3. What people food does Pax give Bristle in Chapter 25?

4. In Chapter 19, how long has Pax run hard?

5. Where does Bristle take shelter when she fights in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter see when he emerges from the woods in Chapter 28?

2. How does Gray die?

3. How does Peter get up a ten-foot sheer rock wall in Chapter 28?

4. Why does Vola have marionettes?

5. What has Peter seen as he traveled toward the evacuated area?

6. What is Pax thinking about the meals he has had in Chapter 23?

7. What does Peter see in Chapter 30?

8. How is Peter feeling and why at the beginning of Chapter 16?

9. How does Bristle teach Pax to hunt?

10. What wakes Pax in Chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter has dealt with coyotes before he scares them away at the end of the novel. What does Peter think about when he hears the sounds of coyotes during his journey? What do coyotes have to do with Peter and his mother? How does Peter handle the situation with the coyotes that are threatening Pax and Bristle? In what way is that incident a chance for Peter to redeem himself?

Essay Topic 2

Vola wants nothing to do with Peter when she finds him in her barn. How would you describe the relationship between Vola and Peter when they first meet? How does Peter convince her to help him? How does their time together change what they think of one another? How does relationship grow? How would you describe their relationship by the time they part?

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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