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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. In Chapter 30, what are a large group of vultures circling?
2. How many miles does Vola want Peter to ride a bus in Chapter 22?
3. What direction does Peter decide to go at the end of Chapter 26?
4. What type of tree hits Gray in the chest when he sets off an explosive?
5. What type of cheese does Peter's father like?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is good about the location where Pax, Bristle, and Runt are staying in Chapter 25?
2. Why is Pax relieved at the beginning of Chapter 29 when he sees Bristle and Runt outside?
3. How does Peter get up a ten-foot sheer rock wall in Chapter 28?
4. What does Peter see in Chapter 30?
5. What does Peter see when he emerges from the woods in Chapter 28?
6. Why does Peter believe that Vola would be a good teacher?
7. What has Peter seen as he traveled toward the evacuated area?
8. Why does Vola have marionettes?
9. How does Pax describe tears?
10. What is Pax thinking about the meals he has had in Chapter 23?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gray is kind to Pax. What does Gray teach Pax? What type of relationship do they have? How does their relationship change as they travel together, and how does it affect Pax and the way he is maturing?
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
Vola served in the war. How did the war affect Vola? What was she diagnosed with when she left the military? How did that make it difficult for her to cope with life? What did Vola believe she lost because of the war and how was that different from the standard definition of post-traumatic stress syndrome?
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