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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. Where does Silas's father have a darkroom?

2. In Chapter 3, near what group of trees are Silas and Enoch to say goodbye to one another?

3. In Chapter 3, about how far is Silas from the open when Enoch starts to leave him?

4. How many times does Silas remember in Chapter 2 that his pa took him to church?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Silas realize about Marshal Farmer when he sees him in the daylight in Chapter 3?

5. What does Martin tell Silas to do when men with guns come in the night in Chapter 1?

6. What does Marshal Farmer tell Silas about skirmishes in the area?

7. What does Silas say about his father and his father's inventions?

8. Who was Telemachus?

9. What does Silas remember about the time his father took him hunting?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 2

Silas has to maintain hope that his father is all right. What role does hope play in Silas’s journey? How is hope used as a symbol in Pony?

Essay Topic 3

Wisdom is a set of attributes that include experience, knowledge, and sound judgement. Do age and life experience always lead to wisdom? Is there a correlation between wisdom and age in Pony?

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