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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. Where does Willy think her mother might be taken?

2. In what village is the Fort located?

3. What does Captain Ivers say he needs Dan to do?

4. Whom does Betsy say Willy resembles?

5. Why does Willy build a fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the British treat the Americans after the Americans surrender?

2. How does Willy describe her memory of the day before the battle at Fort Griswold?

3. Describe the debate Willy has in her head concerning being an American versus a British subject.

4. Who is Granny Hyde, and what does she tell Willy?

5. What noise do Willy and Lucy hear, and what is the cause of the noise?

6. How does the Freeman family obtain a cow, and what does it symbolize to Lucy?

7. What angers Willy the following day?

8. What does Willy tell her aunt she wants to do, and how does the aunt respond?

9. How does Willy get into the Fort?

10. Who is the boy whom Willy helps? What do they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

War Comes to Willy Freeman is set during the time of the American Revolutionary War in the Northeast of what will later become the United States. Discuss the following:

1. Research and write an informative essay about the highlights of the American Revolutionary War, particularly along the Eastern seaboard from Connecticut to New York City. What are the major battles that take place there? Was there a battle that took place near Stratford, Connecticut?

2. Compare/Contrast the differences between the British fighting techniques and the American fighting techniques during the American Revolutionary War. What are some of the contributing factors to the Americans winning the war?

3. Research and write an informative essay on the treatment of prisoners during the American Revolutionary War by both the Americans and the British. How did they differ? How were they alike? Would the treatment have violated the Geneva Convention if it had been in force at that time? Was the treatment moral? Humane?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss War Comes to Willy Freeman based upon your criteria of a successful novel. Is War Comes to Willy Freeman a successful novel?

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if the novel is written for young teens rather than adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider War Comes to Willy Freeman a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 3

Many authors if queried would admit that they have an agenda for writing a particular novel. Discuss the following:

1. Define and give examples of the concept of "author agenda."

2. Do you think Collier has an agenda in mind when he writes War Comes to Willy Freeman?

3. What do you think would be Collier's agenda(s) (if he has one)? Give examples to illustrate how the agenda is fulfilled.

4. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

5. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

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