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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 Vola bring Peter to eat in Chapter 19?

2. What type of tree hits Gray in the chest when he sets off an explosive?

3. How are Peter and Vola driving into town in Chapter 24?

4. What does Peter's father do as a civilian?

5. How many times has Vola told Peter that they should always tell the truth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Pax relieved at the beginning of Chapter 29 when he sees Bristle and Runt outside?

2. How does Pax describe tears?

3. Why does Peter believe that Vola would be a good teacher?

4. How does Vola help Peter understand the marionettes and how to work them?

5. How does Bristle lure the coyote away from Runt?

6. What does Pax see in Chapter 19 when he returns to the area where Gray's body rests?

7. How does Bristle teach Pax to hunt?

8. Why does a soldier let Peter into the evacuated area?

9. In Chapter 20, what has Peter done that morning?

10. What are the three conditions that Peter asked Vola to follow in return for him waiting until morning to leave?

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 carries his mother’s bracelet with him when he leaves his grandfather’s house. What does the bracelet look like? Why does Peter carry it with him? What does it symbolize to Peter, and what did it symbolize for his mother?

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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