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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. When will Kate's father come to visit?

2. What is scarce during the summer?

3. Who tells Kate when her father is coming to visit?

4. How many sheep does Marton offer the gypsies?

5. What is the diamond found by the rooster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jancsi do during the stampede?

2. Who is Mikulas?

3. What lands does Prince Matyas go to?

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

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

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

7. Why does the Sultan let the rooster into the treasury?

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

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

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

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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