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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the girl's name who saves hazel?

2. Who has dug himself behind a wall?

3. Who leads the rabbits back to Efrafa?

4. Who do Hazel's rabbits leave behind?

5. What is different about the rabbit that meets Hazel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the difference between the characters of Bigwig and Hazel.

1) What is it about Bigwig's character that makes him use violence to get people to obey? In what way is Bigwig used to using violence?

2) What is it about Hazel's character that makes him peaceful?

3) In what way do the students think both Hazel's diplomacy and Bigwig's aggressive behavior could come in useful?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways can Watership Down be seen as children's book in terms of the following?

1) Language.

2) Themes.

3) Plot.

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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