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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 game is played in Chapter 13?
2. Who is in the room with Hiram when he awakes in Chapter 12?
3. On Chrismas eve morning in Chapter 6, how many wagons does Hiram see coming up the road?
4. In Chapter 11, where does Hiram remember that Maynard was when they were boys and assembled all the Tasked?
5. What was the name of Maynard's horse that won in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Sophia live before Lockless and what did she have there?
2. When Hawkins introduces Hiram in Chapter 15, what does he say about Hiram?
3. Why does Lucy follow John Parnell?
4. What did Howell Walker tell Hiram to do at the end of Chapter 3?
5. In Chapter 8, what job does Hiram's father tell him that he will be doing soon?
6. Why did Hiram go to stay with Thena when his mother was sold and why?
7. In Chapter 13, what is the sub-basement like where Hiram studies?
8. In Chapter 3, what chores did Hiram begin doing when he went to the big house?
9. What does Hiram see in Chapter 1 when he is driving across a stone bridge?
10. In Chapter 15, how does Hiram know that he has used Conduction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Corrine asks Hiram to return to Virginia. Does Hiram have a choice? What do others tell him about the decision he has to make? How does he consider that advice? Why does he decide to return?
Essay Topic 2
Mood is an element an author uses to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the overall mood of the novel? How can colors be associated with mood? What color would you use to describe the overall mood in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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