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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 is the fox's reason to keep going?
2. Who does the boy think believes in him more than he believes in himself?
3. What does the boy notice about the fox?
4. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
5. What does the horse say is sometimes "brave and magnificent" (67)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the mole and the horse teach the boy about perfection?
2. When the boy points out that the fox hardly ever talks, what does the fox say, and how does the horse react?
3. What does the horse say is the most important thing, and why?
4. How does the art change when the boy falls into the water?
5. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?
6. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?
7. When the boy realizes that his friends know all about him, what does he ask and what do they answer?
8. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about strength?
9. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about courage?
10. What is funny about one of the drawings that is about perfection?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The boy, the fox, the mole, and the horse can each be understood to stand for a particular kind of person. Choose one of them and explain what type of "real world" person they stand for. Give evidence from the story to help your reader understand your ideas.
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
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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