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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. Who chases after the dog when it takes off with Edward at the dump in Chapter 12?

2. How is Lolly related to Nellie?

3. How is Edward's pocket watch lost in Chapter 2?

4. What does Ernest call himself in Chapter 11?

5. Where is Pellagrina from originally?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Edward live in the beginning of the novel? How is this setting described?

4. How does the theme of vanity apply in Chapters 1-3?

5. How is Abilene Tulane described? How old is she when her character is introduced?

6. What does Edward see as he falls from the ship in Chapters 5 and 6?

7. How are Bull and Lucy described? Where does Edward encounter them?

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

9. What does Edward think about being renamed Susanna?

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

Analyze and discuss the character of Abilene Tulane in the novel. How old is Abilene in the novel's beginning? What is her relationship like with Edward? How does Abilene lose Edward? How does she re-encounter him?

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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