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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 have to do before he can finish his tracking efforts?

2. What happens when Jared distracts Simon?

3. How is the children's mother acting as she serves the meal?

4. What is one reason might the creature be bothering Mallory?

5. What does Jared's mom recall about Jared's school days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jared's mother feel about him going to the attic?

2. How does Jared feel about the trunk in the attic and what does he do with the trunk? What does he find?

3. What does Jared point out in the kitchen and what happens to his evidence?

4. How does Jared answer the accusations, what does Simon believe and what does Jared's mother do to Jared?

5. What is the most upsetting thing about the problems downstairs and what does Jared's mother accuse him of concerning Simon's mice?

6. What is the attic like?

7. What does Jared decide to do to calm the boggart and what does he carry into the house? What is his mother's reaction to Jared's load?

8. What does Simon speculate to Jared about Mallory's situation and what does Jared say to him? How does Simon react to Jared's suggestion?

9. What phrase is Jared thinking about in the poem, and where does he decide to go?

10. What does Jared ask Mallory about her hair and what are Mallory's private doubts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think The Field Guide is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think The Field Guide is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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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