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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. How is Edward saved from the sea in Chapter 7?

2. How old is Abilene?

3. What keeps Edward going during his days at the dump in Chapter 11?

4. What does Edward see Abilene holding as he falls in Chapter 6?

5. Which of the boys removes Edward's underwear in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nellie? How is this character described?

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

3. What does Edward think about being renamed Susanna?

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

5. Who is Pellagrina and how is this character described?

6. What does Pellagrina say to Edward when tucking him into bed in Chapter 4? Why?

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

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

9. Who is Ernest? How is he described?

10. What happens to the main character in Pellagrina's story in Chapter 4?

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

Analyze and discuss the character of Lolly in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How does Edward feel about Lolly when he encounters her? Why? How is this character described? What actions of Lolly's contribute to the plot development of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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