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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 does the professor say is the only person who knows the answer?

2. What effect does Fleabottom think the resignation will have on the war?

3. Where do the soldiers lock up Homer?

4. What is the bootman's name?

5. What does the boy at the dock promise to do for Homer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

2. Why is Mr. Willow so vulnerable?

3. Summarize chapter seventeen.

4. Who is Mr. Willow?

5. In what way is Mr. Willow not the ideal companion for Homer?

6. What do the Confederates do with Homer when they capture him?

7. Summarize chapter sixteen?

8. What were the hot-air balloons used for in the Civil War?

9. Why is Homer able to see through the Nibbly's scam?

10. How does Fleabottom fool the soldiers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has the death of Homer and Harold's mother effected the two boys? How would there lives be different if their mother would have survived?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Homer's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end.

1. What did Homer hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Homer ideas about life?

3. How has Homer's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Mr. Willow so naive? What does this trait highlight about Homer's own character?

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