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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 Betsy Lang do for a living?

2. How long do Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan wait for their father before they start to walk in Chapter 1?

3. What color shirt does the boy in the field have on when the Lang children find him?

4. What color car was the man driving who gave Karel a ride?

5. What does Detective Price say he studied?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Duncan get a dog?

2. What does the man look like who attacked Karel?

3. What do Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan find when they are walking home from school?

4. Who does Zoe follow in Chapter 15?

5. What does Zoe remember about dating Luke?

6. How do the Lang children do in school?

7. Where does Zoe want to get a job in Chapter 13, and why is that strange?

8. What advice does Mr. Griffin give Duncan about his drawing?

9. How does Mrs. Humphreys quiz Duncan and then what does she tell him?

10. What happens when Duncan goes to get help in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Duncan looks for a dog. Why does Duncan look for a dog? Why is he lonely? Does the dog help alleviate his loneliness?

Essay Topic 2

An inciting incident is an event in literature that begins the action of a story, and presents a question that the protagonists and readers want an answer to. What is the inciting incident in The Boy in the Field? Why is that the inciting incident?

Essay Topic 3

Betrayal is breaking trust and hurting someone. Who does Matthew think betrays him in Chapter 25? Do both Rachel and Benjamin betray Matthew? How is Matthew betrayed?

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