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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 is the most time Silas has been without Mittenwool in the past as he remembers their companionship in Chapter 2?

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

3. When does Silas remember that a photo for the best lunar picture will be exhibited?

4. What color is Martin's hair?

5. What does Silas make for breakfast the morning after his father leaves in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Silas describe his father to Marshal Farmer?

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

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

5. Who was Telemachus?

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

7. Why did Martin Bird become a bootmaker?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silas remembers stories and myths he has read as he makes his way toward the outlaws’ cave. What stories and myths does Silas remember? How do those stories and myths become tools for Silas’s behavior and self-discovery?

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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