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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. What does Matthew Lyle say was his mother's name?

2. How far is it to Haven from Farbranch?

3. In Chapter 25, what does the Spackle have to eat?

4. What was Todd's mother's job on New World?

5. What does Todd yell at the horse in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Sheriff Prentiss catches up with Todd and Viola in Chapter 23?

3. In Chapter 22, what do Todd and Viola see and hear, and how do they get through?

4. Who comes out of the woods in Chapter 25, and what does he do to Viola and Todd?

5. In Chapter 39, what can Todd and Viola see of Haven from the falls?

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

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

8. Who finds Todd and Manchee in Chapter 28, and how do they help Todd?

9. What does Todd see when he looks at Viola in Chapter 37?

10. In Chapter 24, how does Viola stop Sheriff Prentiss?

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

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 3

Todd kills a Spackle. What causes Todd to kill a Spackle? Why does he feel regret and remorse after the killing?

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