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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. Where are Abilene and her parents planning to go on a ship in Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the dog that unearths Edward from the trash in Chapter 12?

3. What name does Nellie christen Edward with when he is given to her?

4. How does Edward describe the people who have pulled him to shore in Chapter 7?

5. What does Edward conclude to be the reason that Pellagrina was disappointed in him in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the instance when the neighbor's dog got into the house with Edward?

2. Where is Abilene's family planning to travel in Chapter 3? How will they travel?

3. Who is Lolly and how is this character described?

4. How do Nellie and Lawrence treat and interact with Edward?

5. How is Lawrence described? What does he do?

6. How and why is Edward thrown from the ship in Chapter 5?

7. Who is the main character in Pellagrina's story in Chapter 4? How is this character described?

8. Who are Lawrence and Nellie's children and how are they described?

9. How did Edward's pocket watch become lost in the flashback in Chapter 2?

10. How long does Edward spend at the dump? How is this time described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the characters of Bull and Lucy in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Where and how does Edward encounter these characters? What name does Bull give to Edward? How does Edward spend his time while in the care of Bull and Lucy? How does he lose contact with them?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the conflict aboard the Queen Mary in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. What causes this conflict? Is the conflict resolved? If so, how? If not, what are the repercussions of the conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. From what perspective is the story related? In what tense is the story related? What is the significance of these choices of the author's?

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