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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 Peter want to carve in Chapter 18?

2. What color toenails does the elephant marionette have?

3. What sandwiches does Vola give Peter in Chapter 24, that he needs to eat first?

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

5. In Chapter 30, what are a large group of vultures circling?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Gray die?

10. What happens to Pax when Runt runs into the field in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Peter often denies that he is angry. Why does Peter attempt to control his anger? With whom or what does he associate anger? What does Vola say about humans and anger? Why does Peter believe that anger is dangerous? What does Vola teach Peter about anger? What does Peter learn about anger and how it should be used? How does that affect how Peter handles his anger by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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