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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. Who are Polly, Rowena and Adam?

2. What does Polly spend time doing at recess?

3. About what does Henry talk to Mr. Jervis?

4. Who does Polly encounter on the way to school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Polly play near the river and how are her friends described?

2. Why is narrator the best person to be narrating the story?

3. How is the community of Coven Tree described in the Prologue?

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

5. What does Polly decide about her card and what happens?

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

7. How does Polly impress her teacher?

8. What does Polly talk about at tea, and what do Eunice and Agatha talk about?

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

10. What does Polly overhear at Stew Meat's store and what does she decide to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Each of the three "tales" in this collection is, essentially, a fable - that is, a story that illustrates a particular moral lesson or aspect of everyday existence. In other words, the story is told with the specific purpose of teaching the reader.

1. Discuss the moral and/or lesson that Polly's behavior has illustrated. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the moral and/or lesson that Rowena's behavior has illustrated. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the moral and/or lesson that Polly's behavior has illustrated. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in "The Wish Maker"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in "The Wish Giver" including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "The Wish Giver" and your own live to support your opinion.

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