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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. Which animal does the boy meet third?
2. What does the mole say is better than cake?
3. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
4. What color is the horse?
5. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. The horse asks the other three what their reasons are for keeping going. What do they say?
2. What is funny about one of the drawings that is about perfection?
3. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?
4. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about strength?
5. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?
6. What is funny about the answer to the boy's question about the moon?
7. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about courage?
8. What does the horse say is the most important thing, and why?
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
Think about the art in this book. The drawing styles sometimes change, sometimes there is color and sometimes there is not, and sometimes the lines of the drawings become very heavy. Choose a stylistic change that happens in this book and find the pattern in when it seems to happen. Write an essay that explains the change and what it communicates when it happens.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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