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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 3, where does the blast of the killing-stick hit Willa?
2. In Chapter 11 after Willa retrieves her satchel and heads back to her lair, in how many ways does the tunnel split?
3. In Chapter 9, how long do Luthien, the wolves, and WIlla travel from the lake to a gorge where a gigantic skeleton of a dead tree hangs upside down?
4. Who is Alliw?
5. What does Willa remember that she was picking when her friend Gillen nearly ate a poisonous mushroom?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what do the wolves stop to watch and what do they do?
2. In Chapter 16, why is the clan restless?
3. How does the padran get caught in a trap?
4. What has the padaran been doing with the things the jaetters steal from the day-folk?
5. What people does Willa come from?
6. Why did Willa have to teach her friend Gillen to recognize the difference between good and bad mushrooms?
7. Why does Willa steal things from homesteaders' lairs?
8. What last moments does Willa have with her grandmother?
9. In Chapter 18, what does the padaran look like when he enters the Hall of the Padran?
10. In Chapter 14, what are on the walls of the tunnel near Willa's den?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Willa only takes half of what she might steal from a homesteader. Why does Willa only take half of what she might steal from a homesteader? Why does she leave a ring behind when she steals from Nathaniel? What does empathy have to do with how and what Willa steals?
Essay Topic 2
Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Beatty use more metaphors or similes Willa of the Wood? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?
Essay Topic 3
Willa is raised by her grandmother after her parents die. Why is their relationship more like mother/daughter than granddaughter/grandmother?
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