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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 does the mole tell the boy about the wild?

3. What problem does the fox have when the boy meets it?

4. What happens to the dessert that the mole tries to bring the boy?

5. What does the mole say is the biggest waste of time?

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

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

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

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

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

8. When the boy and the mole are gazing out over a landscape--hills and grassy fields--what question does the boy ask, and what does the mole answer?

9. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose a famous quote that seems to you to make a similar point to one of the ideas in this book. Write an essay in which you explain the quote and its relationship to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

Essay Topic 3

An important motif (pattern) in this book is the idea of being lost and of finding things--friends, love, home, etc. Do you think that being lost is an important part of "finding"? Explain the relationship between these ideas in the book and then explain why you agree or disagree.

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