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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 does Daniel help?

2. How long does Marton say it has been since he has seen Mikulas?

3. What does Kate want to do as the crops mature?

4. What scares Jancsi about the gypsies?

5. What kind of story does Marton ask his wife to tell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the gypsies steal from Marton's ranch?

3. Why does Marton grind his own wheat?

4. Why does Marton decide to hold a round-up?

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

6. What do Jancsi and Kate ask Mikulas to do with what he brought them?

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

8. Why does Marton call the man who buys his horses a fool?

9. What ends up delaying the trip of the man dressed up as Mikulas?

10. What does Jancsi do during the stampede?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What happens when the gypsies stay on Marton's land, and how are things in this scene resolved?

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