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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 Jordan happy about his horse?

2. What do the British do when Colonel Ledyard surrenders?

3. What does Willy promise to Betsy that she will do?

4. Who arrives while Willy is waiting for her mother?

5. Where does Willy go after milking the cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the choices Willy thinks about concerning what to do next?

2. How does Willy travel to her aunt and uncle's home?

3. Why does Willy end up staying in the fort during the fighting, and what does she do?

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

5. How does Willy escape the American raiding party?

6. Why are Jack and his family no longer slaves?

7. What does Willy do after leaving the fort?

8. What does Lucy ask of her husband? How does he respond?

9. How does Willy get into the Fort?

10. Why does Willy wish her father were home. and what does her mother say to that wish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Slavery is a legal and established institution during the time of the setting for War Comes to Willy Freeman. Discuss the following:

1. Research and briefly outline the history of slavery in the United States. When did it become established there? Why? How long is slavery legal in the United States? How does slavery end?

2. Research and briefly outline the history of slavery in England. When did it become established there? Why? How long is slavery legal in the England? How does slavery end?

3. Discuss whether you think slaves would be more prone to support the Americans or the British and why.

4. Discuss the ethical/moral aspects of slavery.

Essay Topic 2

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

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Willy Freeman from the beginning of the book to who she is at the end of the book. How are they similar? How are they different? Which character do you like more? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Mr. Goodrich and Mr. Fraunces. 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 War Comes to Willy Freeman 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 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of War Comes to Willy Freeman, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in War Comes to Willy Freeman. The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot. Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not? Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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