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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 horse tell the fox about being interesting?
2. What does the horse say is behind most good things?
3. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?
4. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
5. What advice does the narrator give on the page where the boy, the mole, and the fox sit staring at a crescent moon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the horse say is the most important thing, and why?
2. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?
3. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about strength?
4. When the boy points out that the fox hardly ever talks, what does the fox say, and how does the horse react?
5. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?
6. What is funny about the answer to the boy's question about the moon?
7. What is funny about one of the drawings that is about perfection?
8. The horse asks the other three what their reasons are for keeping going. What do they say?
9. How does the art change when the boy falls into the water?
10. What do the mole and the horse teach the boy about perfection?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On page 13, the boy wonders about a "school of unlearning." What does this mean, and what things do you think most people would be happier if they "unlearned"?
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
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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