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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 does the narrator call himself?

2. In what predicament does Henry find himself?

3. What lessons do Eunice and Agatha mention?

4. What does Stew Meat ignore when he goes into Thaddeus' tent?

5. How did Thaddeus Blinn look?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Polly at recess and how do Leland and Lenora help her?

2. What does Polly resolve to do concerning Agatha and Eunice, and how is her first attempt disastrous?

3. For whom is this book written and what is it about?

4. How does Polly react to Leland's shout scaring the frog and what do the twins do?

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

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

7. What does Rowena take Henry for breakfast and how does he like it?

8. Why does Polly go ahead and ask her mother and what is her mother's response?

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

10. How does Henry act when he arrives the next day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Wish Maker, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Wish Maker. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes "The Wish Giver" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Polly. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Rowena. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Adam. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

The Wish Giver belongs to the children's book genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the children's book genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a children's book and a historical novel mystery?

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