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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. What does the Prologue say that the stories say is important.

2. What does Polly spend time doing at recess?

3. What does Polly decide to do to Agatha?

4. What does Polly's mother do when Polly gets home?

5. What does Polly decide at first not to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Polly impress her teacher?

2. What do Agatha and Eunice try to do at tea the next day and how does Polly respond?

3. What does Stew Meat do with his card?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does each story chronicle?

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

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Rick and Lon. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Lon and Nuke. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "The Wish Giver" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

An element common to all three stories continues to manifest. This is the idea that in each story, characters with negative attributes are clearly and vividly contrasted with characters who have opposite, more positive attributes.

1. Who is the positive character(s) who are contrasted to Polly's character? Discuss how they contrast and what Polly might be able to learn from that character(s).

2. Who is the positive character(s) who are contrasted to Rowena's character? Discuss how they contrast and what Polly might be able to learn from that character(s).

3. Who is the positive character(s) who are contrasted to Adam's character? Discuss how they contrast and what Polly might be able to learn from that character(s).

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