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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. Where is the castle in the picture that hangs over the mantlepiece at the Lustigs' house?
2. What color are the armchairs and sofa in the Lustigs' house?
3. What bookshop does Zoe go to in Chapter 22?
4. What was the name of Betsy's sixty-form boyfriend?
5. What did Hal want to be before his father died?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Duncan use acrylics when he paints?
2. What does Betsy say about dating?
3. In Chapter 24, what do Duncan and Karel talk about?
4. How did Sylvie become interested in Karel?
5. What does Duncan learn in Chapter 32?
6. In Chapter 18, why does Tomas want to search in the area near the hospital for the assailant?
7. What preparations has Tomas made for canvassing the neighborhood for Karel's assailant?
8. In what memory does Duncan take refuge when his mother tells him they will talk that evening in Chapter 27?
9. Where does Duncan wake at the end of Chapter 21, and what does he decide that he needs to do?
10. What does Zoe tell Matthew in Chapter 23?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Zoe wants to make a pact to be truthful for a week. Why does Zoe suggest making a pact to tell no lies for a week? How difficult is it to be honest? What do Zoe and her siblings learn about lying and honesty through the pact?
Essay Topic 2
Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?
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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