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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. What does Toby eat for breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 12?
2. Why is Toby's father not speaking to him at the beginning of Chapter 17?
3. Who does Toby blindfold and give a ride on his bike?
4. Who kicks a crate of ladybugs?
5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how much time has passed since Paulie left?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ferris feel especially bad after Wayne's death?
2. How does Kate become involved with Zachary after driving the boys to the movie?
3. What steps does the minister tell Toby that must be taken to get baptized?
4. How do Cal, Toby and Kate protect Zachary from jeers at the movie?
5. Toby realizes why Zachary has never been baptized like he promised his mother he would be. What is the reason?
6. Why is Toby working in the bowling alley the day after the funeral?
7. Why is Toby so mad at his father when they deliver bait on Saturday?
8. What good news does Zachary receive after his baptism?
9. For what two reasons does Toby take the piece of jewelry from his mother's room?
10. Why won't Toby talk to Cal after his brother dies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A protagonist has heroic qualities and an antagonist has villainous qualities. Discuss the protagonist in When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Discuss the antagonist. What is ironic about the story's antagonist?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
There are four points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?
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