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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 Peer do after the boy leaves at the beginning of Act 3?

2. What is the name of the girl Peer's mother has seen him with in town?

3. What does Peer want to be when he grows up?

4. How many times does Peer hear the strange sound just before he sees the wedding?

5. What does Peer say he could not do at the beginning of Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peer decide to do after his mother's death?

2. Who is Huhu, and what does he say to Peer when they first meet?

3. What does Aase find while she is packing her belongings in preparation to leave her home?

4. What happens when the groom finds out that Peer has run away with Ingrid?

5. What does Peer do when the cook starts to let go of the raft?

6. Before her death, Aase tries to talk to Peer about Ingrid. What does he do?

7. What does Aslak say when Peer sees him on his way to Ingrid's wedding, and how does Peer react to this?

8. What happens while Peer is living in a tree?

9. What happens when Peer meets the stranger on the ship?

10. How does Anitra abandon Peer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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