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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. Who was Telemachus' father?

2. What color horse does Martin ride away on when he leaves with Rufe Jones and his companions?

3. When Silas attended school for a short time, with what did the teacher rap his hand?

4. How old was Silas when he, his Pa, and Mittenwool decided that he was never to discuss Mittenwool with other people?

5. In Chapter 3, what does Enoch feed his horse while SIlas tries to persuade him to allow him to accompany him to find the counterfeiters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experience did SIlas have with going to school?

2. What does Silas take with him when he rides to find his father?

3. What do three men who come in the night in Chapter 1 want with Martin?

4. What does Silas remember about his mother's death?

5. How does Mittenwool think that Silas's father will react when he learns that Silas is coming after him?

6. Under what conditions does Martin agree to go with Rufe, Seb, and Eben?

7. What does Silas see and hear when he and Marshal Farmer enter the bog?

8. What happened when Martin took a picture of the full moon for the lunar photo contest?

9. What are Silas's thoughts about memory at the beginning of Chapter 3?

10. What conversation do Silas and Marshal Farmer have after Silas gallops out of the bog?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silas’s mother died when he was born. What is revealed about Silas’s relationship with his mother? What does her violin symbolize about their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Pony? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Silas finds memory to be a strange thing. How does Silas view memory? How do memories help him deal with his circumstances?

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