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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. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Jack dream of wanting?

2. In Chapter Ten, which of the following does Edik draw?

3. Which of the following epithets does Edik hear his father’s voice call him?

4. In Chapter Nine, what is noted as being illegal?

5. What are the first words Bibspeak says to Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the monks purpose to send Beatryce on the errand to Jack’s village?

2. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?

3. In Chapter Six, what does Edik note wanting his letters to illuminate?

4. How does Edik describe the child’s crying in Chapter Three?

5. What reason does Jack give for not wanting to know a secret in Chapter Fifteen?

6. What do the king and the counselor discuss in their interlude in Chapter Six?

7. What reason does Edik give for having been in a field with Answelica early in Chapter Three?

8. How long does Chapter Thirteen note that Bibspeak had been in the world?

9. What story does Beatryce promise to tell of Edik’s mermaid?

10. In Chapter Four, how does Edik initially assess the condition of the child who had been curled up next to Answelica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the Jack Dory’s name.

Essay Topic 2

Much is made of the blueness of the sky. How does DiCamillo present the color, how does that align with and deviate from typical associations with the color, what effect does that alignment / deviation have, and how is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Note what characters are named in the text and which are not. What significance does the refusal to name certain characters have in the novel, and how does that significance emerge?

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