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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. How old is Bonita in 1926?

2. When Little Elk wants to stop the desecration of the graves, what other spirits does he find at different springs?

3. Who tells Clive and Helen about the incident with the lemur?

4. What is Crawford reading when Two returns from her first pony and cart ride?

5. In "Visiting Two," where does Clive run into Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Bonita see with her relationship with Crawford?

2. Where does Crawford live?

3. How did Little Elk die?

4. What do Clive and Shackleford decide to do after Dinah, the hippo, dies?

5. In "Broken Barriers," how does Two hear Little Elk?

6. In "Monkey Business," what does Jack do with Mickey, a lemur?

7. What does Crawford find for Two to get around in, and how does he get the idea?

8. Why does Two tell Duncan that the fencing for the turtles will not keep them from getting out?

9. Why does Two knock Christa Belle down with her crutches in "Death Visits"?

10. Why is Little Elk concerned when Two gets in an automobile with Clive and Helen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack wants to be with Two. What does he do to try to search Two’s room and get her attention? Why does he long to be with Two? What does desperation have to do with his decision to get a boy to turn a lemur loose?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book and why is that incident the climax?

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