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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 the yellow brick road lead the travelers to?

2. What kind of home does Dorothy live in?

3. Where do Scarecrow and Dorothy spend the night?

4. Who will Scarecrow ask for the answer to #31?

5. When Dorothy protects Toto from the lion, what does the Lion admit to being?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dorothy's constant companion and friend?

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

3. Who greets Dorothy and calls Dorothy a great sorceress for killing the Wicked Witch of the East?

4. How long ago was the Scarecrow made?

5. Why can't the winged monkeys help Dorothy get back to Kansas?

6. What happens when the Scarecrow tries to enter the woods?

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

8. When the Tin Woodman sees a wildcat chasing a mouse, what does he do?

9. What do the travelers have to wear before they can enter the City of Emeralds?

10. When Toto barks at the Lion, what does the Lion do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eventually, Dorothy manages to kill the witch by accident. Why do you think Baum make the witch's demise so simple? What is the significance of the scene in which Dorothy tosses the water on her? What does this say about evil and killing it?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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