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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 would stop Willy from reaching the city?
2. What is the "Queen's Head"?
3. What does Mr. Fraunces tell Willy about the tavern?
4. What does Horace think about Willy that is not true?
5. What does Willy do on the ship on the way to the Coast?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Willy trying to decide in the search for her mother?
2. What does Willy's Uncle Jack say when Willy finds him in the barn?
3. Describe Canvas Town.
4. What does Mr. Goodrich want when he asks for Willy in the tavern one day?
5. How long has Willy's father been dead, and how is Willy feeling about her life?
6. Describe the scene in the courthouse when Willy goes up before the judge.
7. Why does Mr. Fraunces send Willy to the dock in April?
8. How does Willy get into an uncomfortable situation with Horace because he thinks she is a boy?
9. Why does Willy decide to stay dressed in britches?
10. What happens that makes Horace uncomfortable when he takes Willy to the kitchen of the Queen's Head for a meal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
War Comes to Willy Freeman could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Willy Freeman. Discuss the following:
1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze War Comes to Willy Freeman as a bildungsroman of Willy Freeman. Give specific examples. What does Willy learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
3. Why do you think many novels/stories written for teens are "coming of age" stories? Do you think it is good for teens to read this genre? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in War Comes to Willy Freeman.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of War Comes to Willy Freeman. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of War Comes to Willy Freeman. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of power in War Comes to Willy Freeman. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with power and/or have the most power? Why? What are some symbols of power? Symbols of powerlessness? What characters seem powerless?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of fear in War Comes to Willy Freeman. Who is afraid? Why? Who provokes fear in others? How? Why? Is Willy a fearful person? Why or why not? Do you think she does things in spite of being afraid or because of being afraid? Or, sometimes one or the other? Give examples.
3. Trace and analyze the theme of change. Who changes in War Comes to Willy Freeman? Who seems to stay stagnant? What are the reasons the characters change who do so? Why do some characters not change? Do you think Willy's changes at the end of the book will last? Why or why not? What would it take to make Captain Ivers change? Do you think there is hope for Captain Ivers? Why or why not?
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