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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 do Russell and his father do on Saturday in Chapter 13?

2. When Tansy comes to Russell and Lloyd's room the night after the fire, what word is she disappointed Lloyd could not spell?

3. In Chapter 11, how many parcels does the mailman bring?

4. Who comes along with a wagon and helps get Aunt Fanny Hamline out of the ditch?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pearl say when Tansy tells her to get a little girl hiding in the privy, and how does Pearl respond?

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

4. Where is Glenn living in Chapter 15 and why?

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

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

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

8. How is Aunt Fanny Hamline gotten out of the ditch at the school?

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

10. Why does Tansy have a new hat to wear on the first day of school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Russell?

Essay Topic 3

Russell and Charlie smoke a buggy whip before school. One of them drops the whip in the dry grass, and a fire starts in the boys' privy. How and why does Russell have to make restitution?

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