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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 name of the paper O.C. is reading in Chapter 9?

2. How many cuttings of hay does Mr. Culver believe he can get from the first bottomlands?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Russell notice Glenn has in his lunch?

4. On the way home from the Tarboxes, what state does Tansy ask Russell is its capital?

5. Who is the first to smell smoke on the first day of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Glenn tell Tansy when he comes to school?

2. What plans does Russell make for him and Charlie to go to the Dakotas?

3. Why does Aunt Fanny Hamline come to the school, and how does she get hurt?

4. How well does Eugene Hammond do at the hog butchering?

5. Why does Russell get a whipping from Tansy in Chapter 14?

6. What does Eugene Hammond send to the school in Chapter 13?

7. Where does Mr. Culver take Russell Saturday night and why?

8. What is the Tarbox place like when Tansy and Russell arrive?

9. How does Little Britches help Tansy with Spelling School and learn her letters?

10. Who helps Russell with J.W. when J.W. encounters a porcupine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Peck use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Teacher’s Funeral?

Essay Topic 2

In The Teacher’s Funeral, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Glenn’s brothers do not want Glenn to do better in life than they are doing. How and why do Glenn’s brothers try to sabotage and discredit him?

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