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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 Smelt's knife right for slicing?

2. Where does Samuel Reed say he was born?

3. What does Homer say scares him worse than the spiders?

4. Why does Homer say they call his town Smelt?

5. What part of Homer's body does Smelt tie a rope around?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Homer overhear Squint and Corny talking about?

2. How does Homer describe Mr. Mr Brewster's pit?

3. Summarize chapter twelve.

4. Why does Samuel say Stink and Smell have no right to keep him?

5. How does Homer describe the calm feeling he feels as he and Smelt get closer to the mine?

6. How does Homer save Samuel's life in this section?

7. Summarize chapter nine.

8. How does Squint get back at Harold?

9. How does Homer describe Jebediah Brewster?

10. What is Homer's opinion of his Uncle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Philbrick say about slavery? How does he use the main characters to express his view?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's representation of Colonel Chamberlain.

1. How different is the author's representation of Colonel Chamberlain to how he is represented in the history books?

2. Why has the author represented him in this way? What effect does the author's representation have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Does the character achieve his or her motive? Does the character share similar goals and motives with other characters? Does his or her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect interaction with each other?

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