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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 Hal Lang do for a living?

2. In Chapter 13, how long have Hal and Betsy been together?

3. In Chapter 1, on the last sports day by how much did Zoe win the quarter mile?

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

5. In Chpater 6, what is Duncan playing when the doorbell rings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What good and bad happened when a neighbor's dog bit Duncan?

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

5. What does Matthew remember about a girl in primary six?

6. How does Duncan get a dog?

7. What does Duncan tell the detective about the man who nearly stopped when he went to get help for the boy?

8. What does Duncan learn about his birth mother in Chapter 14?

9. What does Karel remember about the man who picked him up?

10. What does Zoe remember about writing a poem aout her grandfather in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 2

Zoe seems to be searching for something. What does Zoe seem to be searching for? What does her search reveal about the nature of love?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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