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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. Who told Mrs. Grace that her Aunt Lucinda thinks little men bring her food?
2. Besides an Olympic fencer, what does Jared think his sister Mallory might do when she grows up?
3. For what did Mrs. Grace go to the store?
4. What was in the Mason jars Simon carries into the house?
5. What inside the wall make Mallory angry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the front door of the Graces' new home look like?
2. What does Jared think about on his brother and sister's future and his own while he stands in front of his new home?
3. How does Jared get back downstairs?
4. What does the poem that Jared found contain and what does he hear as he is thinking about it?
5. What does Jared see the first night when he is startled awake?
6. What does Jared hear in his new home and what does he assume?
7. What does Mallory say about their new home, why does Jared think it will be good for Simon and what does he think of the home as far as he is concerned?
8. What do the Grace children tell Ms. Black when they meet?
9. What does Jared see when he gets out of the dumbwaiter?
10. How does Mallory feel when she sees her fencing medal and what does she do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss The Field Guide based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1, and then judge if The Field Guide is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the fact that The Field Guide is part of a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.
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