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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. Why is Miss Morasco happy with Polly that day?

2. With what does Coven Tree have experience?

3. Where is Polly playing with her friends?

4. What does Mrs. Jerivs insist that Rowena do?

5. In what predicament does Henry find himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Polly find and then lose?

4. What does Stew Meat do with his card?

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

6. How does Polly impress her teacher?

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

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

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

10. What does each story chronicle?

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

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).

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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