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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 does Ernest remember about his childhood moccasins in Chapter 10?

2. What natural phenomenon do Maria and Ernest experience in Chapter 14?

3. What does Maria write about Ray-Ray enjoying picking in her journal in Chapter 10?

4. Who, along with Vin, was chasing Sonja in a nightmare in Chapter 15?

5. What game did Wyatt used to play with Antonio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the encounter between Vin and Sonja in Chapter 15?

2. How does Wyatt fit in when he goes to the shelter with Maria in Chapter 14?

3. What does Edgar dream of in the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. How would you describe Sonja's date with Vin in Chapter 11?

5. How does Maria describe her life after Ray-Ray's death in Chapter 14?

6. When asked by Ernest in Chapter 10 what he saw in the Spirit World, how does Wyatt respond?

7. What is the second story about that Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?

8. What is the first story Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?

9. What does the Darkening Land represent?

10. What is Ernest doing when Maria and Wyatt find him in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of imagery in The Removed. What different literary devices comprise imagery? Why are they important? How does the author use imagery to immerse the reader in the characters' experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters of Wyatt and Ray-Ray in The Removed. In what ways are these characters alike? How are they different? What impacts does Wyatt have on the Echota family? What happens to Wyatt at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three examples of foreshadowing or red herrings in The Removed. How are foreshadowing and red herrings defined? What do they reveal in The Removed? How do they impact the reader?

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