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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 saplings does Peter cut to make a stage?

2. What did Vola leave for Peter to eat after the show in Chapter 22?

3. As Pax, Bristle, and Runt hide in cattail reeds in Chapter 23, what do they see?

4. In Chapter 26, how long does a soldier say that the area where Peter is has been evacuated?

5. How many of Vola's puppets are human?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bristle teach Pax to hunt?

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

3. What wakes Pax in Chapter 27?

4. What is good about the location where Pax, Bristle, and Runt are staying in Chapter 25?

5. Why does Peter agree to spend the night before leaving in Chapter 22?

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

7. How does Gray die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vola is angered by humans who start wars, but do not tell the truth about the effects war has on people and on land. What experiences has Vola had in war? What effects has she had to endure because of war? How have those experiences shaped the way she describes war and its effects to Peter? What does Peter learn about war? How does he come to view war and how does that affect the choices he makes?

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 told Peter how she killed a soldier in the war. How did Vola feel about killing before and after killing that particular soldier? Why did she feel that she needed to do penance for the man’s death? How did she do penance?

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