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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. For what purpose does the mole close its eyes and breathe?

2. After it is rescued, what does the fox draw in the snow?

3. Where do the mole and the boy often sit and talk?

4. Which animal does the boy meet first?

5. What does the mole think that success is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the first illustration that is in color.

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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