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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 color are the packages dropped around town?

2. What holiday does the author compare the dropping of the packages to?

3. What gift does Annie bring to Mrs. Morden?

4. Why do more soldiers not go home from the occupation?

5. What does Loft do when Tonder loses control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Molly's comment to Tonder about sausages mean?

2. What does Lanser plead with the Mayor to do before his execution, and what did this show?

3. What does Molly do when she knows Tonder is at the door for the second time?

4. Who does Lanser want to put in charge of gathering the packages, and why is he unavailable?

5. What request does the Mayor make to the Anders brothers before they leave?

6. What did the Mayor have to do if he wanted to avoid being executed?

7. Who has the most success of gathering the packages sent by the air drops?

8. What happened to Tom and Will's brother?

9. How could the people use the dynamite sent to them by the air drops?

10. How does Loft show his naievte?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity was a major theme in this play as many different life-styles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book, presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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