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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. When was Silas stuck by lightning?

2. What instrument did Silas's mother play?

3. How much does Silas remember he and his pa might win for the picture of the moon he remembers in Chapter 4 that they took?

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

5. Where was Silas's father from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mittenwool tell Silas about the ghosts in the bog?

3. Why did Martin Bird become a bootmaker?

4. What contest did Silas and his father want to enter?

5. Who is Mittenwool?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Martin Bird is a photographer. Was Martin a counterfeiter? What role does photography play in counterfeiting?

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