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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 long ago was Saint Adelbert's built?

2. What day of the week do school board members come to observe Mrs. Baker's class in March?

3. What time do Holling and his classmates get to their campsite?

4. How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win in the 1936 Olympics for running?

5. When Mrs. Baker takes Holling on an architectural tour, when was the Quaker meetinghouse built that she shows him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Hoodhood want his daughter to do in March?

2. How does Holling describe falling out of love?

3. What does Holling's father's concept of the new junior high look like?

4. Why do Meryl Lee and Holling fight after Valentine's Day?

5. How does Holling describe Lieutenant Baker's homecoming?

6. What does Mrs. Baker do when an atomic bomb drill comes during a Wednesday afternoon when all the other children are gone except Holling?

7. How does Holling help his sister get back home?

8. Why does Holling find it frightening when Mrs. Sidman announces that Holling is on the varsity cross-country team?

9. In May, how are the eighth graders on the cross-country team treating Holling?

10. Why does Mrs. Baker say that the school has everyone practice for an atomic bomb drop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Vietnam war is a major story every evening on the news. What are the effects of the war on the adults and on the children?

Essay Topic 2

In September, Holling is sure that Mrs. Baker hates him. How would you describe the relationship between Holling and Mrs. Baker and the way that it changes from September to June?

Essay Topic 3

Holling is rather self-centered at the beginning of the novel. How does Holling grow and mature through the course of the novel? What events and circumstances help him come of age?

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