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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. How many times can the owner of the Golden Cap call on the monkeys?

2. Who is flustered when the travelers arrive at the City of Emeralds and demand to see the Wizard?

3. Where does the yellow brick road lead Dorothy and the Scarecrow?

4. Scarecrow doesn't mind being made of straw because be never gets hurt and he never gets ________.

5. What does Toto do to provoke the answer to #63?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the family to retreat to the storm cellar?

2. What does the Lion do in order to become the King of the Forest?

3. How does the Wizard propose he will get Dorothy back to Kansas?

4. When the Scarecrow asks the advice of a soldier about what they should do to help Dorothy, what does the soldier suggest?

5. How do the travelers finally find their way back to the City of Emeralds?

6. Who will become the new ruler of the Emerald City?

7. Who are the miniature people, characterized by their blue dress?

8. What is the method of capturing the travelers that works for the Wicked Witch of the West?

9. When the travelers get to a large ditch, what plan does the Scarecrow devise?

10. What does the Wizard insert into the Tin Woodman's chest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Wizard is only hidden by a screen, it is revealed in the end. Why do you think no one ever looked behind the screen before? What stopped others from finding the Wizard out? If you were the Wizard, how would you have hidden yourself so that you couldn't be detected?

Essay Topic 2

The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman realize the danger of the poppies, but can not stop the others from falling asleep in the field. How could they have made it through this field without falling asleep? What could have been done differently? Or was the sleep unavoidable? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When they enter the land of white china, Dorothy becomes enchanted by a small beautiful princess, even going so far as to try to convince the princess to come back with her to Kansas. Why do you think Dorothy relates to this princess? What do you think Dorothy sees in this figurine? What does this say about Dorothy and how she sees herself?

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