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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. How old was Silas when he was struck by lightning?

2. What did Silas's father try to tell Silas that he saw when they went hunting in the woods for the first and only time?

3. How long was Telemachus' father missing when Telemachus went to find him?

4. Where do Silas and his father live?

5. When Silas wakes after Mittenwool joins him and Enoch, where is Mittenwool?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Enoch Farmer, and what is he doing when Silas meets him?

8. Who is Mittenwool?

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

10. What happened to Silas during a storm on April 27, 1858?

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

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe people in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe individuals, places, and things. How does Palacio use imagery to help readers imagine Silas’s world in Pony?

Essay Topic 3

Telemachus is a boy in a story who searches for his father. How does the story of Telemachus parallel Silas’s search for his father?

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