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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 does Ellen do to Harry when Stafford comes over for tea?

2. How does Mr. Hodge's react to Colin's tardiness in Part 3, Chapter 12?

3. What does the school's motto, Labor Ipse Voluptas, mean?

4. Why was Colin's mother in the hospital?

5. Where is the Dell located?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 16, how does Colin describe the teachers at his school?

2. How did Harry build his bomb shelter?

3. What happens on the bus ride to Colin's examination?

4. How does Harry act when Colin comes home from taking his examination?

5. Why does Colin get in trouble with his father in Part 2, Chapter 10?

6. How does Harry feel about his family's vacation to the seashore?

7. How does Colin feel about the town where his new school is?

8. Why couldn't Colin live at his own house in Part 1, Chapter 5?

9. What happens the first time Colin goes to Sunday school?

10. How does Colin feel after Steven comes home in Part 2, Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of dialect in Saville. Why does the author use this dialect? How does it help to create the characters and the place in Saville? Is the dialect effective? How?

Essay Topic 2

Saville is very much a novel about Colin coming of age. Summarize the development of Colin from child to adult. What major events help move him? What beliefs remain unchanged? What is Colin's pivotal moment? What lesson does the author want readers to recognize in Colin's story?

Essay Topic 3

Because of the loss of Andrew, the Savilles have tension in their marriage from the start. Describe the tension that Harry and Ellen face throughout the novel. What aggravates their tension? Do they have a resolution? What is the author's commentary on their marriage?

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