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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. In Chapter 1, what is the name of the brothel Maynard visits?

2. In Chapter 5, who does Hiram walk with in the night?

3. Where did Edwin Cox take his help in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 15, when Hiram leaves how long has he been at Bryceton?

5. In Chapter 13, after Hiram studies with Mr. Fields, how much time does he have daily to study on his own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, why did Hiram avoid a stone bridge?

3. When Hawkins introduces Hiram in Chapter 15, what does he say about Hiram?

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

5. What happens when Hiram and Sophia meet Georgie in Chapter 8?

6. In Chapter 7, what becomes Hiram's job and why?

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

8. What does Corrine tell Hiram about where he is and why he must trust her and the others in Chapter 12?

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

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

The point of view in a novel determines how readers view characters and events. What is the point of view in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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