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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 gets hit in the bottom by a rock?
2. Which of the following businesses is NOT part of downtown Antler?
3. What cleaning product is smelled when Toby and friends enter the sideshow trailer?
4. What does Toby's dad serve for dinner in Chapter 3?
5. What human comparison does Tara use to try to understand the magnitude of the featured sideshow person?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is unusual about the letter Toby writes in Chapter 8?
2. What is humorous about Toby and Cal yelling names at the town bully in Chapter 4?
3. Why does Toby quickly march Tara out of the sideshow trailer on their first visit there?
4. What is a unique effect the cotton gin has on Antler?
5. How do Toby and Cal try to determine whether Zachary really is the fattest boy in the world?
6. Why does Cal always get up so early?
7. What is the town rumor about Ferris?
8. Why does Miss Myrtie Mae appear when the crowd starts to form at the trailer when it arrives in Chapter 1?
9. In the letter from Wayne that Cal reads to Toby on top of the bowling alley, what does Wayne write about?
10. What is the goal Zachary shares with Cal and Toby when the sheriff takes them to visit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is tone? What was Toby's tone at the beginning and end of the novel? What does the change in tone throughout the novel suggest?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the point of view from which the novel is written. Does this point of view make the story more or less believable? Select a different point of view and explain how this novel would have changed if written from it.
Essay Topic 3
Write a character description of Toby and Cal. Which is a major character? Which is a minor character? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story and be sure to include definitions of major and minor characters.
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