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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. Who tries to speak to the bird?

2. What is the name of the rabbit?

3. What is the name of Fiver's brother?

4. What are the names of the two rabbits they meet at the new warren?

5. What kind of bird attacks Fiver and Pipkin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Fiver's status risen in chapter 29?

2. How do Blackberry and Dandelion get the dog to the warren?

3. What is Hazel's plan in chapter 30?

4. Describe how the rabbits help the domesticated rabbits to escape?

5. What does Fiver see in his vision?

6. How does Hazel try and get away from Woundwort in chapter 44?

7. In chapter 46 how does Bigwig defeat the General?

8. What mistake does Woundwort make in chapter 46?

9. What qualities does Bigwig show in chapter 38?

10. What happens to the Efrafa rabbits in chapter 49?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Adams use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Do the students think El-ahrairah resembles any folk stories in our own culture? In what way is El-ahrairah used in rabbit society? Why is such a folk hero important to the rabbits?

Essay Topic 3

Richard Adams based his account of Watership Down on actual rabbit behavior and using a book called the private life of rabbits. Examine rabbit behavior in the book Private Life of Rabbits by Ronald Lockley and discuss the following.

1) How accurate is Adams portrayal of rabbits and their habitats?

2) What changes does he make to actual facts and why does he make these changes?

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