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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 does Willa think she finds in a wooden box in Chapter 2?

2. Where does a trap snap against the padaran in Chapter 25?

3. In Chapter 13, how many guards see Willa in the tunnel?

4. How old are some of the handprints on a wall near Willa's den in Chapter 14?

5. Who does Willa's grandmother say came and hurt her in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who spots Willa in front of the boy's cell and how does she get away in Chapter 13?

2. Why does Willa steal things from homesteaders' lairs?

3. Why did Willa have to teach her friend Gillen to recognize the difference between good and bad mushrooms?

4. Why were Willa and Gredic the last jaetters to be initiated into the Dead Hollow clan?

5. Where do Luthien and the wolves take Willa in Chapter 8, and why?

6. What has the padaran been doing with the things the jaetters steal from the day-folk?

7. How does Willa escape in Chapter 27?

8. What is Willa's grandmother like?

9. What last moments does Willa have with her grandmother?

10. Where does the padaran say that the day-folk come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Willa grieves when her grandmother dies. How does Willa grieve when her grandmother dies? How does she assuage her grief?

Essay Topic 2

Willa believes that love has limits. How does Willa’s view of love change and why does it change?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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