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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. When Mr. Fields began tutoring Hiram, how often and how long would they meet?

2. What does a baker give Hiram in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 13, how many blacks are in the dining room when Hiram arrives?

4. What is the season in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, where is Hiram's mother when he thinks he sees her dressed in blue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Sophia live before Lockless and what did she have there?

2. What advice did Thena give Hiram when he was sent to live in the big house?

3. What did Howell Walker tell Hiram to do at the end of Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Hiram see when he wakes?

5. In Chapter 5, where does Hiram find himself after falling in the river?

6. What did Hiram see and hear at the end of Chapter 4 when he neared the river Goose?

7. In Chapter 8, what job does Hiram's father tell him that he will be doing soon?

8. In Chapter 9, how do Hiram and Sophia spend their first night in the hands of Ryland's Hounds?

9. In Chapter 13, what is the sub-basement like where Hiram studies?

10. In Chapter 3, what chores did Hiram begin doing when he went to the big house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hiram and Sophia try to escape. What happens when they try to escape? Who betrays them and why?

Essay Topic 2

A flashback relates information about events that happened before the times mentioned in the novel. How are flashbacks used in The Water Dancer? How do flashbacks provide information about what has happened before the novel begins?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a way to classify literature. What is the genre of the novel and why?

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