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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 is splashed on the walls?

2. How is the book illustrated?

3. What is the significance of the word Spiderwick?

4. What does Mallory doubt?

5. What does Mallory think about what is on the floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ms. Grace think about Mallory's situation?

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

4. What wakes Jared in the morning, where does he run, what does he see and who else is there with him?

5. What does Jared's mother say to him about his anger?

6. What does Jared ask their mother about Arthur and what is her reply?

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

8. What does Jared think about as to his situation and his aunt Lucinda?

9. 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?

10. Why does Jared decide to go downstairs and what does he do in the kitchen?

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

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 3

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?

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