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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 Jared think his siblings don't know since they left the kitchen with him still upstairs?

2. What does Mallory grab on Jared?

3. What kind of dwarves was one book about?

4. What did the children hear in the wall?

5. What was the first line of the poem on the paper about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the dumbwaiter approaches the second floor?

2. What does Jared see the first night when he is startled awake?

3. What does the front door of the Graces' new home look like?

4. What is the painting Jared sees in the little room on the second floor?

5. What does Jared think about on his brother and sister's future and his own while he stands in front of his new home?

6. What do the children think about who might be in the wall and what does Mallory hear in the dumbwaiter?

7. What does Mrs. Grace say about the previous resident of their new home?

8. What does their mother make Mallory do with the dumbwaiter and how can Jared see where he is?

9. What does Simon do first in his new bedroom?

10. How does Jared get back downstairs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Field Guide belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to fantasy.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre.

3. Discuss two reasons why it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

4. Discuss what your favorite genre is; give several examples and explain what you enjoy about books in that genre.

Essay Topic 2

Mom consoles Jared and asks that he find a constructive way to deal with his anger.

1. What are some better ways for Jared to deal with his anger at Mallory without violence? Use examples from The Field Guide and your own life to support your answer.

2. Often times when someone is very angry they cry. What are some other ways that people express anger and how do you express anger? Is the way you express anger similar to Jared? Use examples from The Field Guide and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think not listening to those people Jared loves causes his anger or is not listening a result of his anger? How might Jared have been helped if he would have listened to his sister? Do you think the fact that their father left might be some of the cause of Jared's anger? Why or why not? Use examples from The Field Guide and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

As in many fantasy novels, magic is an inherent part of a few of the characters. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the use of magic in The Field Guide. Who possesses magic as an inherent aspect of their nature? Who can wield magic through the use of a tool? What is the difference between the two types of magical usage? Is one more powerful than the other?

2. Why do you think magic exists in so many fantasy novels? Do you think a novel can be "fantasy" and there be no magic as a part of the storyline? Why or why not.

3. Why would you want to possess Thimbletack's magic? Explain your answer.

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