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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 many peaches does Glenn bring for Tansy?

2. What color shirt is Glenn wearing when he helps Russell with the stovepipes in Chapter 15?

3. What pranks do Lloyd, Flopears, and Lester play on Halloween?

4. What does Flopears use to pump water into to put out the privy fire?

5. What word is Russell given to spell on the first day of school during Spelling School?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to J.W. at the Tarbox place?

6. What does Tansy do when Charlie and Glenn start fighting?

7. What does Tansy make Russell do because he and Charlie left the burning buggy whip in the weeds by the privy?

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

9. Why does Russell think his father invited Eugene to the hog butchering, and why did his father invite Eugene?

10. Why might there be students in their 20s at a one-room school like Hominy Ridge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

A poem is read at Miss Arbuckle’s funeral. How is rhyme used in the poem? How do the rhymes create a flow to the poem? What seems to be the purpose of using rhyme?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Peck use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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