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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. How many fat men steal the diamond from the rooster?

2. What kind of animals startle the herd while Marton is rounding up his horses to sell?

3. What do the children help the man dressed as Mikulas do?

4. What earns Marton the name of the Good Master?

5. What parts of the field are not harvested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jancsi spend his money on at the fair?

2. What happens just after Mother tells the story about the rooster?

3. Who is Mikulas?

4. What does Kate hope will happen when her father visits?

5. How does the family celebrate after the story about the rooster?

6. How does Kate avoid being tied up by the gypsies when they want to kidnap her?

7. What does Matyas learn that the truth to immortality is?

8. Why do the gypsies always come at harvest time?

9. Why does Arpad not want the children to help with the round-up?

10. How does Kate get back home after the gypsies leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did discipline play in this book, and how was this important theme presented by the author and the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

How did Marton's relationship with Kate change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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