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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 is Edward wearing when he wakes up on the doll-mender's table in Chapter 23?

2. What color are the pants that Bull makes for Edward?

3. What does Bryce help the old woman with in Chapter 16?

4. What does Bryce's father do before leaving the home in the beginning of Chapter 18?

5. On what month with Edward does Sarah Ruth stop eating in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sarah Ruth and how does Edward feel about this character?

2. Whom does Edward encounter in his dream in Chapter 22?

3. How do the other hobos perceive Edward?

4. How does Edward become separated from Bull and Lucy?

5. Where does Bryce go to eat in Chapter 21? What does he order?

6. Who is Lucius Clarke and what are Edward's perceptions of this character?

7. How is Bryce's character described? Where does he encounter Edward?

8. What causes the conflict between Bryce and the cook in Chapter 21?

9. How do Bull, Lucy, and Edward travel? Where do they go?

10. Why and how is Edward prevented from departing in the dream in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the fairy tale related by Pellegrina in the novel. What is the moral of Pellegrina's story? Who is the main character? Why is the story not satisfying to Abilene? How does Edward feel about the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Lucius Clarke. What is Lucius's profession? How does he help Edward? What are Edward's perceptions and feelings about Lucius?

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