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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 is Rowena described?

2. Who are Leland and Lenora?

3. What does Rowena suggest to her mother?

4. About what does Polly complain to her mother the next morning?

5. What does Thaddeus say he can give anyone for fifty cents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rowena hear in the woods and what does she find?

2. About what does Polly begin to worry and what does she decide to do?

3. From what is the town's name derived?

4. Why is Polly polite to everyone the next day at school?

5. What does Polly find and then lose?

6. What types of people have sometimes come through Coven Tree and who is one such person the narrator mentions?

7. What does Rowena do with her card and what does she notice on her calendar?

8. What does Rowena do when she goes upstairs after her mother says no to Henry staying there?

9. What does Polly worry about the next morning and how is she initially reassured?

10. How does Sam react to hearing Henry Piper's name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "The Wish Giver" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "The Wish Giver". Questions that Brittain most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Brittain' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Brittain' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Brittain and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "The Wish Giver" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if "The Wish Giver" is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider The Wish Giver a successful novel? What about young teens?

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