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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 part of Edward does Sarah Ruth suck on in Chapter 18?

2. What does Bryce say are magic to Sarah Ruth in Chapter 18?

3. What color is Sarah Ruth's hair?

4. What creature sings in the end of Chapter 14?

5. What do the other tramps frequently ask Bull to do when they gather together at campfires?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edward's identity change while in Sarah Ruth's care?

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

3. Where does Edward wake up in Chapter 23? How is this setting described?

4. What do the hobos whisper to Edward? Why?

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

6. How is Bryce's home described?

7. When and under what circumstances does Sarah Ruth die?

8. Why does Bryce leave his home with Edward in Chapter 19? Where does he go?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the following in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane: the pocket watch, the stars, and the ocean. What does each represent? How do these symbols connect with the novel's themes? What do they mean to you personally?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Sarah Ruth in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How old is Sarah Ruth? From what affliction does she suffer? How does Edward feel about Sarah Ruth?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How is verbal irony employed in the narrative? What are examples of situational irony and dramatic irony? What character points out irony to Edward in the course of the novel?

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