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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 Sam take to the barn to keep dry?

2. What do Stew Meat, Adam, Polly and Rowena realize?

3. What does Adam notice at four neighboring farms?

4. How does Adam's Pa react to the wish Adam made?

5. What does Sam find near Henry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam hear about the well on his family's farm and what does he suggest to his pa about the situation?

2. What does Sam bring back for Henry and what does he say when Rowena tells Sam about what Henry said to her?

3. What does Stew Meat realize and what does he do?

4. What greets Adam when he wakes the next morning?

5. What does Sam say he's been doing in the library and with what result?

6. What does Adam promise his mother and what does this promise prompt Adam to do?

7. What do Rowena's parents hear and then learn when they investigate?

8. What does Adam do after school and how do Eunice and Agatha and others treat him?

9. What surprises Adam and his mother?

10. What does Rowena tell Henry and Sam and what is Henry's response?

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

Over the course of "The Wish Maker", all three young people grow as a person in both complexity and understanding. "The Wish Giver" might be considered a slice of their larger story of their "coming of age." It might be said that "The Wish Giver" is a "bildungsroman" of the three young wish users. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of one of the three young people as she/he changes from a more carefree, innocent child to a wiser, young person. What are the significant events that change them?

3. After thoroughly analyzing one of the three's growth throughout "The Wish Maker", do you think "The Wish Giver" could be considered their Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in "The Wish Giver" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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