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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 mornings does it take Glenn and Russell to set up the school stove?

2. How did the privy fire start?

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

4. When Tansy reads the Sweet Singer's poem about the Culver's accident, what poet does she say the Singer is not?

5. After the accident with the Culver's wagon, where did Eugene Hammond drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Mr. Culver think Eugene Hammond is behind the news article about the accident with the Culver's buggy and Eugene's automobile?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miss Arbuckle, the long-time teacher, dies. How do Russell and the other boys feel about her death? Why do they feel that way?

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

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?

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