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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 37, where does Viola have a cut from a branch hitting her?

2. In Chapter 36, how many empty settlements do Viola, Todd, and Ben pass as they run?

3. In Chapter 26, where does Todd have a knife stuck in his body?

4. At the end of Chapter 34, what do some of the men have when they find Todd and Viola with Ben?

5. In Chapter 33, how many days does Viola say that they were in the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Manchee find to eat in Chapter 27, and why does Todd not eat any of it?

2. In Chapter 37, how do Viola and Todd get dinner?

3. In Chapter 34, who do Viola and Todd find by the river, and how do they find him?

4. In Chapter 31, what happens to Manchee?

5. Where are Todd and Viola in Chapter 32, and how have they been helped?

6. What does Todd learn about his parents and himself when Viola reads from the journal in Chapter 38?

7. In Chapter 26, where does Todd have a knife in him, and why did it not kill him?

8. In Chapter 41, how does Todd realize that boys become men in Prentisstown?

9. In Chapter 32, who is Jacob and what is he like?

10. What does Todd think and feel at the beginning of Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

How bad are Todd’s injuries after Aaron hits him on the head and stabs him in the back? What physical difficulties does Todd begin to have? How do the hallucinations affect him and make it difficult for him to go on?

Essay Topic 3

Todd does not know how to read. What type of education has Todd had? Why has the Mayor destroyed books and limited the education the boys like Todd could have?

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