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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 big are the heads of the puppets?

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

3. What type of birds are in the tree that Pax climbs in Chapter 25?

4. What type of cheese does Peter's father like?

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

3. What wakes Pax in Chapter 27?

4. How does Pax describe tears?

5. What does Peter remember in Chapter 20 that Pax did that might have saved his life?

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

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

8. How is Gray doing at the beginning of Chapter 17?

9. What does Peter see in Chapter 30?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Pax is not welcomed by some of the wild foxes. How do the wild foxes treat Pax? Why do they treat him the way they do? How does Pax gain acceptance by the wild foxes?

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