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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 was poked in the wood in the walls that resembled a snake?

2. What does Jared do to keep from screaming?

3. What startled Jared awake the first night?

4. Where does Mallory tell her mother Jared must be?

5. What did Mrs. Grace tell Mallory to do when she left for the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poem that Jared found contain and what does he hear as he is thinking about it?

2. Why are Simon and Jared sharing a bedroom?

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

4. What does Mallory tell Simon and Jared about their Aunt Lucinda?

5. What do the Grace children tell Ms. Black when they meet?

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

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

8. What does Mallory tell their mother they are doing and what does Mallory say about Jared?

9. What does Jared recall about the events in his life since his parents' divorce and what does his mother suggest to him about their new home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Field Guide, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement.) Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot.) Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Field Guide is the first book in a series, called the Spiderwick series. Discuss the following.

1. Discuss two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters and having the plot continue from one book to the next. Use examples.

2. Discuss two disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters and having the plot continue from one book to the next. Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or books in a series with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the Graces' world to that of "real" life. What are the advantages to each world? The disadvantages?

2. In which world would you rather live in if you were human? What about if you were an boggart? Explain your response.

3. If you had an Thimbletack's abilities how would you use them? Use examples from The Field Guide and your own life to illustrate your answer.

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