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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. In Chapter 49, what color cap is a man wearing who tells Brae to leave Maggie and Rumpus alone?

2. In the Epilogue, where is Maggie speaking?

3. What type of truck does Nigel Williams have?

4. Where did Molly Burkitt volunteer during the war?

5. In Chapter 42, where does Rumpus slip away to after he hears the humans whispering to one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lord Foy suggest they do about the creature in the woods?

2. In Chapter 47, what does Lord Foy tell Fred?

3. In Chapter 28, how is Rumpus doing?

4. Where is Maggie speaking in the Epilogue, and what has happened to her and Rumpus over the years?

5. How is Maggie feeling at the beginning of Chapter 47?

6. In Chapter 47, what wakes Maggie, and what does she notice about herself and her surroundings?

7. Who does Maggie encounter when she is looking for Rumpus in Chapter 31?

8. What happens when Maggie gets up to speak in Chapter 41?

9. In Chapter 25, what does Maggie see when she checks Rumpus's paw?

10. What does Maggie say to the crowd in Chapter 47?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dramatic irony is a literary device that highlights the difference between what characters understand about a situation and what readers know about a situation. How does Harrington use dramatic irony to create tension between what the characters suspect and what readers know about the deaths of Nigel Williams’ lambs?

Essay Topic 2

Rumpus is in a pet store at the beginning of Wildoak. How is Rumpus raised in captivity? How did being raised in captivity negatively impact Rumpus's life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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