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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. Where does the mole say that love will bring the boy?
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. Which animal does the boy meet first?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the mole first say to the boy, and what does the boy reply?
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 important ideas are brought up in the conversations between the boy and the mole?
5. 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?
6. Describe what happens when the boy and the mole are looking at their reflections in the river.
7. What two things does the mole say about taking care of our own feelings?
8. Describe the first illustration that is in color.
9. The mole says that it has learned how to be in the present. How does the mole do this?
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
On page 27, the mole presents an idea that is very similar to mindfulness practice. Look up the idea of mindfulness online and then write an essay that explains the relationship of this idea to ideas in The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
Essay Topic 2
The pairing of words and images is important in this book. Choose a page on which there are both image and text and write about how the two relate to one another: be sure to explain why the two together communicate more than either one would alone.
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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