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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. Who rescues the fox?

2. What kind of a school does the boy wonder about?

3. What are the mole and the boy doing when they talk about how strange it is that we can only see the outside but most things happen on the inside?

4. Who rescues the mole when it falls in the river?

5. Who does the mole tell the boy he should be kind to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when the boy and the mole are looking at their reflections in the river.

2. What three reasons does the mole give for freeing the fox?

3. What sad thing does the boy say that he feels, and how does the mole try to cheer him up?

4. What happens when the mole tries to give the boy cake?

5. Describe what happens when the boy and the mole meet the fox?

6. What two things does the mole say about taking care of our own feelings?

7. The mole says that it has learned how to be in the present. How does the mole do this?

8. What important ideas are brought up in the conversations between the boy and the mole?

9. What does the mole first say to the boy, and what does the boy reply?

10. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book shows that things that seem small can be big in their importance, that strength can be confused for weakness, and that sometimes people who seem angry and scary are actually nice people who are just hurting. Explain how the book uses contradictions like these to create a larger message about life.

Essay Topic 2

When the boy and the mole are looking into the water at their reflections, they notice that although the outside is what shows, everything important happens on the inside. Write an essay that explains this idea and gives examples of how this affect people in "real" life.

Essay Topic 3

Why is the mole so obsessed with cake? Write an essay in which you explain the mole's relationship to cake and what you think this is saying about life.

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