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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. In Chapter 11, where do Todd and Manchee find the girl after she hears Todd's thoughts about the Noise germ?

2. What color does Todd say that Cillian's Noise would be if Noise could be seen?

3. How many days until Todd becomes a man in Chapter 14?

4. Where does Manchee bit Aaron in Chapter 8?

5. What sound do Ben and Todd hear as Ben tells Todd goodbye in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, where does the girl take Todd and Manchee?

2. How does Todd care for the sheep?

3. In Chapter 12, what does a road lead to?

4. At the end of Chapter 11, what does Todd see through the binoculars?

5. What does Todd remember about education in Prentisstown?

6. What does Todd do after he hits Aaron with the rock in Chapter 8?

7. In Chapter 5, why did Ben and Cillian not take Todd away sooner?

8. What does Hildy and Tam's farm look like?

9. How does Todd feel when he is out of the town in Chapter 2?

10. How does Todd get away from Aaron in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ben gives Todd his knife before he sends him away. Why does Ben give Todd his knife? What does the knife symbolize for both of them? How does the symbolism of the knife change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Some of the men in Prentisstown kill the women there. Do Ben and Cillian kill the women of Prentisstown? Are they innocent or complicit in the murders?

Essay Topic 3

Todd has to leave Prentisstown. How long have Ben and Killian known that Todd has to leave Prentisstown? Why did they not send him away sooner?

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