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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 breed of dog is Marker?

2. What kind of car does the school principal drive?

3. Who leads the baby ducks around?

4. Who comes and drives off the predator who attacked the Lady?

5. How does Fitzwarren feel about the prospect of Dick taking a long trading journey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ben react to the prospect of being sent to special ed classes?

4. What does the Lady say to the other animals after the attack by the predator?

5. What trip does Whittington say he must take?

6. What advice does Bernie tell Ben that the principal gave?

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

8. What does Dick do in memory of his cat after the cat disappears?

9. What causes the ship to turn back after reaching Palermo?

10. What proposition does Sir Louis have for Dick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss love in the novel.

1) What is Dick Whittington's experience of love? How does he fall in love, and how does love affect him?

2) What different kinds of love are in the novel? How is romantic love different from parental love, the love of siblings, or the love of friendship?

3) What is the Lady's experience of love? How does love affect her?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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