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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 first song that plays on the CD Richard feeds into the slot on the car stereo in Chapter 6?
2. What color eyes does the ivory-billed woodpecker have?
3. What does Skink have Richard pick up off the road toward dinner time in Chapter 6?
4. Where does Richard wait for his cousin at the beginning of Chapter 1?
5. How much is annual tuition at the all-girls boarding school Twigg Academy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Richard find out that Talbo Chock really was?
2. When and where was the last known population of the ivory-billed woodpecker wiped out?
3. How did Skink lose his left eye?
4. How does Skink get supper on the first day that he and Richard are traveling to find Malley in Chapter 6?
5. How does Richard get Trent to let him be gone for a few days?
6. What does Richard pack to take on his trip with Skink in Chapter 6?
7. What has Malley told Richard about the boarding school where her parents are sending her?
8. What does Richard's mother do for a living?
9. What does Skink do when the driver of a blue SUV tosses a beer can out his window in Chapter 7?
10. How and where do turtles lay their eggs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters discover that their actions have consequences. What actions - especially for Richard and Malley - catch up to the characters? What consequences do they face because of their actions?
Essay Topic 2
Malley mentions the ivory-billed woodpecker in one of her phone conversations with Richard. Why is mentioning the bird important to the search for Malley, and what does the bird symbolize when it is seen?
Essay Topic 3
Deductive reasoning is used by Richard and Skink to find Malley. How do they use deductive reasoning, and how is that type of reasoning used to find Malley?
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