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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 48, what does Nathaniel roast over the fire?

2. How many of Mamaw's plants remain after the lair burns?

3. In the Faeran language, how many words are there for the color green?

4. In Chapter 73, how many loggers do Willa and the children see?

5. What type of bird call does Willa hear before she sees the jaetters in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willa realize when she studies the name Iskagua on the fourth cross in the meadow?

2. How are trees dying in Chapter 32?

3. What physical pain does Willa feel when she remembers her grandmother's death?

4. What does Willa find in her old den after Gredic dies?

5. Why does Willa not want to help Iska, Hialeah, and Inali get home?

6. When Nathaniel shows Willa how to write her name and her sister's name, what does she realize?

7. In Chapter 30, what does Willa see when she climbs a tree at the top of the mountain?

8. Why does Willa return to Dead Hollow in Chapter 56?

9. How does Gredic die?

10. What is Willa's encounter with the man like in Chapter 38?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Faeran were a people of the forest and lived in harmony with the forest. Why are the Faeran no longer in harmony with the forest? How did the Faeren lose their heritage of the forest and its bounty?

Essay Topic 2

Willa believes that the padaran has betrayed her and the Faeran. Why and how does Willa believe that the padaran has betrayed her and the Faeran?

Essay Topic 3

Defamiliarization is a technique in literature where common things are presented in a different or unfamiliar way to present the world differently or from a different perspective. How is defamiliarization used in Willa of the Woods to show Willa’s world and perspective?

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