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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. How does Paul act during the big race?

2. Who does Paul win the money in the big race for?

3. Who hires the person for Paul after Mother gets her birthday money?

4. What keeps Mother at the party after she wants to leave?

5. How does Paul die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother do with her birthday gift?

2. What happens at the Derby?

3. How does the book end?

4. What happens after Paul tells Mother the winning name for the Derby?

5. What does Oscar help Paul plan to do with his winnings from the races?

6. What initially worries Mother about Paul?

7. What does Mother get for her birthday?

8. What does the house say to Paul after his mother gets her birthday present?

9. What does Mother show by the way she reacts to her birthday gift?

10. Why does Paul think he was able to predict all the horse winners?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the main moral of this story? Please support your answer with specific citations from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the examples of personification in the book, and how did they change the progression of the plot?

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