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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 is the first to notice when Tracy returns to camp?

2. How long did Louise attend college?

3. What is the date when Louise, the counselor, finds the bed empty?

4. How old was Barbara when she was sent to boarding school at Emily Grange?

5. What color does Barbara die her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tracy find her way back to camp after she gets lost?

2. What is Louise's relationship like with John Paul?

3. Why is T.J. the director of Camp Emerson?

4. How does T.J. dress?

5. What three rules are given to campers upon their arrival?

6. Why does Carl think they should have called him and the Fire Brigade earlier after Bear disappears?

7. How did Louise get a job at Camp Emerson?

8. Where does Tracy decide to go when Barbara is missing and why?

9. Who is Judyta Luptack?

10. Why is Tracy at Camp Emerson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The God of the Woods, men tend to have institutional and social authority because of their gender. Women who push back against those expectations face social fallout or direct punishment. What roles are men and women expected to assume in the novel? What type of lives do the women in the book lead because of the roles they are expected to play?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The God of the Woods? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Finkel uses help readers’ understanding of people, events, or concepts in the book?

Essay Topic 3

The Van Laars are obsessed with appearances and their reputation in The God of the Woods. How does this obsession lead to the cover-up of Bear’s death?

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