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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 does Marker injure in the barn?

2. What does Whittington do when the Lady won't come out of her sleeping place or respond?

3. How long do Abby and Ben study reading each day?

4. When Dick can hear his cat again, what does the cat tell him?

5. How often does the school principal bring his car to the Texaco for inspection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Green look like?

2. What proposition does Sir Louis have for Dick?

3. What does Dick notice about the cat while the operation is going on?

4. What does the cat's former owner say when Dick Whittington offers to share his fortune?

5. What women does the book Sir Louis gives Dick say are the most beautiful in the world?

6. What does Ben think, when he observes the special reading lesson?

7. What trip does Whittington say he must take?

8. Why does Don think the special ed reading program might be good for Ben?

9. What effect do the bells have on Dick as he heads down the river to try to see Mary?

10. Why is Dick's cat allowed to come home to Dick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the danger and trials the characters go through in the novel.

1) What role do danger and trials play in Dick Whittington's life? What does danger teach him about the world?

2) What role does danger play in the animal world in the barn? Why is danger a part of life?

3) What dangers and trials do Abby and Ben face? How are the dangers they face different from those of the animals and of Dick Whittington?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of family in the novel.

1) How is family different from friends in the novel? What makes up a family?

2) How do characters lose their families, and how do they build new families?

3) What role do families fill for characters? Why is family important in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in the novel have different types of adventures. Discuss the role of adventure in the novel.

1) What kinds of adventures does Dick Whittington have in the novel? What do the characters learn from Dick Whittington's adventures?

2) What types of adventures do the animals in the barn have? How are their adventures different from the stories about Dick Whittington?

3) What role do adventures play in the novel? How do they contribute to its structure? How do they affect the reader and characters?

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