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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 the mole say is a great freedom?

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

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

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

5. Where does the mole say that love will bring the boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. When the boy asks the mole what his favorite saying is, what does the mole reply, and why is his reply funny?

10. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is this story told in the order that it is told in? Why start with the meeting of the boy and the mole, continue with the fox, and finally have them meet the horse? Explain what each of these sections teaches the boy and why this order supports the overall meaning of the book.

Essay Topic 2

This book has a lot to say about being afraid. What messages does the book try to communicate about fear, and why do you agree or disagree with these messages?

Essay Topic 3

This book has a lot of messages about love. Look back through the book and think about all of the times love is mentioned. Then write an essay in which you explain what this book has to say about love.

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