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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 do Eunice and Agatha try to do while Polly and them are having tea?

2. How often does Blinn say he visits Coven Tree?

3. What does Polly spend time doing at recess?

4. When does it seem Polly croaks?

5. How does Polly avoid making croaking noises the next day at school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Polly realize has happened?

4. What does Stew Meat do with his card?

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

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

7. What is the Coven Tree Church Social and who is allowed to set up a booth there?

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

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

10. How does Polly impress her teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and often times the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think The Wish Giveris? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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