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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. While Dorothy is amazed by Oz, what does she want?

2. Who does the witch attempt to starve, though unsuccessfully?

3. What does Dorothy do to protect her house?

4. What does the Witch of the North give Dorothy to keep and to wear?

5. What are these answers to #89 designed to protect the wearer from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Wizard's identity revealed to the travelers?

3. There is no chapter 25

4. What are the Scarecrow's new brains comprised of?

5. Who did the Tin Woodman once fall in love with?

6. When Dorothy discovers the Golden Cap, what does she do with it?

7. The travelers find themselves lost in the land of the Winkies. Why?

8. What becomes an obstacle to the Lion, Dorothy, and Toto, but not to the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow?

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

10. How do the Munchkins and the Witch of the North know that Dorothy has killed the Wicked Witch of the East?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

No one has told Dorothy that the silver shoes would have taken her home at any time. Why do you think this was kept a secret until the end? How did this secret benefit others? Do you think it was done intentionally to get the witch killed? Why or why not? How would the shoes have helped Dorothy in other parts of the story?

Essay Topic 2

When the Wizard gives each of the travelers (besides Dorothy) something the represents the thing they want most in the world, why are the travelers so happy? Why do you think they believe these items are actually what they long for? Why do you think these items work so well to help the travelers feel complete?

Essay Topic 3

Explain what "There's no place like home" means to Dorothy and what it means generally to you as the reader.

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