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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hazel order to be built?

2. Why is there a mutilated rabbit in a cave?

3. What does Bigwig say Fiver knows how to predict?

4. How does Bigwig injure the General's nose?

5. For what will the rabbits use the door?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss its goals and motives. Does it achieve its motive? Why? Does it share similar goals and motives with other characters? Does its goals clash with other characters? How do the character's goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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