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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. The visitor is from what country?

2. Before meeting Toad, the gaoler's daughter kept:

3. What do the animals eat after the attack?

4. What animal does Toad meet in the woods?

5. Badger tells them they can enter Toad Hall using which entrance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Portly persuaded to return home?

2. Why does Badger threaten to leave Toad out of the attack on Toad Hall?

3. What bargain does Toad make with the gypsy?

4. Do you think that the plan to sneak into Toad Hall will succeed? What might go wrong?

5. Why is the gaoler's daughter taking care of Toad?

6. Why does Toad collapse in the middle of the road?

7. Why is Badger so slow and a Mole so lively?

8. Why was Otter so worried about his son?

9. Why wasn't Rat home when Mole got back to their house?

10. How does the barge woman know that Toad is a fake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did Toad deserve the terrible experience of being in prison? Explain why or why not. Use your own knowledge and details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How are the real characteristics of the animals portrayed in this story similar to their human-like characters? Write a paper comparing one of the major characters to his real-life animal.

Essay Topic 3

What theme recurs in Toad's adventures? Write an essay describing how Toad's adventures relate to his major character traits.

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