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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. How many cases does Detective Price say they are lucky to solve every year?
2. Why does Zoe say the bus is late in Chapter 26?
3. What is the name of the matron at Cottage Hospital?
4. Where does Matthew put the box with the things he packs up that Rachel gave him?
5. In Chapter 27, how many times has Duncan been to London?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Rufus win at a carnival when he was nine?
2. In Chapter 25, how does Benjamin explain what happened at Rachel's?
3. What does Zoe tell Matthew in Chapter 23?
4. How did Sylvie become interested in Karel?
5. Why does Gordon come to the Langs' in Chapter 29, and what does he do?
6. Why does Duncan use acrylics when he paints?
7. What does Duncan learn in Chapter 32?
8. What preparations has Tomas made for canvassing the neighborhood for Karel's assailant?
9. Who is the American that Zoe keeps searching out?
10. What did Hall want to do when he was growing up, and why did he become a blacksmith instead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Rufus is working on a doctorate in philosophy. What conversation do Zoe and Rufus have in Chapter 22 about philosophy? What does their conversation reveal about philosophical problems and whether they can be solved?
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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