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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 accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?

2. What does the horse tell the boy is true about everyone?

3. What does the horse say is behind most good things?

4. What is the first thing that the four friends do once they are all together?

5. Who does the boy think believes in him more than he believes in himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?

2. How does the art change when the boy falls into the water?

3. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about courage?

4. What do the mole and the horse teach the boy about perfection?

5. What does the horse say is the most important thing, and why?

6. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?

7. When the boy realizes that his friends know all about him, what does he ask and what do they answer?

8. When the boy points out that the fox hardly ever talks, what does the fox say, and how does the horse react?

9. The horse asks the other three what their reasons are for keeping going. What do they say?

10. What is funny about the answer to the boy's question about the moon?

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

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.

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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