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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. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what creature does the family discover has nearly destroyed their farm?
2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what is the "unpleasant task" that the chapter title refers to?
3. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what work is being done at home while the boys go off to the Gap?
4. Inside their cave, what do the crystals turn out to be?
5. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what use does the narrator say the family can find for fuller's earth?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family make a staircase to their treehouse?
2. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how does the narrator begin the athletic competition, and what is this incident intended to demonstrate about his character?
3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what new source of potential danger does the family discover, and what do they decide to do about it?
4. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," where does the family explore for the first time and what new animal do they capture to ride, there?
5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," when the boys return from hunting, what does Jack say about hunting with the ostrich, and what is the narrator's reply?
6. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," how do the narrator and his sons make the air in the cave safe?
7. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when the sea turtle is towing the pinnace, what do the boys call the narrator, and how does he respond?
8. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the narrator explain grafting to his sons?
9. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how do Jack and Fritz wake the family, and how do their parents respond?
10. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," why does the narrator not take the pinnace to explore beyond Cape Disappointment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the purpose of offering moments of humor in a didactic novel? Write an essay that evaluates the use of humor in this novel and offers a theory about the relationship of this humor to the novel's purpose as a teaching tool. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims. If you use outside resources in your discussion of the didactic novel, be sure to cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you explain the publication history of this novel, including the effects of its translation into French and later translation into English. How has this book changed over the years, and what is the significance of the changes? Be sure to use specific textual evidence to support your claims and to cite in MLA format any outside resources you use in your essay.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the novel's narrative voice: how does it characterize the narrator, how would you describe the narrator's language, and how does it impact the reader's experience of the story?
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