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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 birthday is Arabella celebrating in Chapter 8?

2. What type of bird is Flute?

3. What type of tree does Maggie see in a clearing that she decides to climb in Chapter 11?

4. What does Arabella's friend Violet have for a pet?

5. In Chapter 23, what is the date of the letter Maggie writes her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rumpus is sleeping?

2. At the end of Chapter 23, what does Fred say when Maggie tries to convince him the cat in the woods is a snow leopard?

3. What wakes Maggie in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Maggie stick a pencil through her hand?

5. How does Arabella get rid of Rumpus?

6. Why are Lord Foy and a man in the forest in Chapter 22?

7. What did the man take from Fred's file cabinet and why?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Maggie do when she finds an oak in the forest?

9. What does Rumpus do when Maggie brings him steak in Chapter 20?

10. What does Rumpus have to eat at the end of Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maggie takes the coward’s way out when she is to read aloud in class. How and why does Maggie learn to be brave in Wildoak?

Essay Topic 2

Wildoak Forest is going to be destroyed. How will the destruction of Wildoak Forest affect humans in the village and the creatures that live in the forest? What does the destruction of the forest reveal about the importance of wildlife conservation?

Essay Topic 3

Illustrations can be just as important as or more important than the words in a novel. How are illustrations used in Wildoak? Are the illustrations less important, as important, or more important than the words in the book?

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