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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 the age range for the Savage game that Edgar finds in Chapter 17?

2. In how many different foster homes has Paolo lived in since he was 12?

3. What is the name of the story that Wyatt reads to the kids at the shelter in Chapter 14?

4. What is the Cherokee word for hello?

5. With what weapons were Tsala and his son killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What awkward encounter occurs between Edgar and Jackson in Chapter 13?

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

6. What does the red fowl symbolize?

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

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

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

10. What foreshadowing does Edgar encounter in the town in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Ernest in The Removed. With what affliction does Ernest struggle? How do his circumstances change in the course of the story? Why is Ernest an important character?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Jackson and the setting of the Darkening Land. How does Edgar end up in this setting? How does he know Jackson? What does Edgar learn about Jackson while staying with him?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Tsala in The Removed. In what time and place is Tsala as he narrates? What happened to Tsala in the past? What are his circumstances now? How does Tsala interact with characters in the main timeline, and what does this mean?

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