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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. Why is Hitler's mother sure that he will survive?

2. What does William die of?

3. What kind of car picks up a hitchhiker?

4. Where does Mrs. Bixby take her mink coat from the Colonel?

5. Where does Billy move?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David save the giant turtle in "The Boy who Talked with Animals?"

2. How did Mrs. Bixby hide her affair for so long?

3. In "The Great Switcheroo," what story does Vic tell Jerry and why?

4. What does Mary do when she first sees what Landy has done for her husband when William dies?

5. What happens when Jackie wins the race at the tracks?

6. How does the hitchhiker save the narrator from getting a ticket?

7. What happens when Lexington eats meat for the first time in "Pig?"

8. What happens when Lexington visits a packing house?

9. In "William and Mary," what does Landy do for William after he dies?

10. What is royal jelly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Failure is a strong theme in these stories. Which one of the plots best displays this theme, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

How did religion filter into some of these stories, and what did it symbolize in these different appearances?

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Roald Dahl. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plots they are involved in?

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