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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. Which of the following best describes Doc Wilson?

2. After the bee hunt, who kills Old Slewfoot?

3. From which character did Penny earn the nickname "Leetle ol' Penny Baxter"?

4. What new baby animal, the newest in his collection, does Fodder Wing show to Jody?

5. What does Jody create with palm fronds in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jody and Mill Wheel discuss while they are out in the woods searching for the fawn?

2. Why does Penny shoot the doe while out searching for his missing hogs?

3. While walking to the fishing hole, what does Penny inform Jody about the Minorcans?

4. While Penny and Jody are hunting for Grandma Hutto, a buck is killed. Describe both Jody's and Penny's roles in the buck's death.

5. What happens when Jody goes swimming at Grandma Hutto's house?

6. How does the Baxter family feel about the need to have a watering well?

7. What happens when the Forrester boys wake up, thinking that they hear a "varmint" scratching around their mother's bedpost?

8. What happens during Fodder Wing's burial service?

9. After holding the buck skin, what realization does Jody make about his relationship with the animals on his family's land?

10. How is Jody injured during the fight between Oliver Hutto and the Forrester men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, all three literary conflicts arise: man versus self, man versus man, and man versus nature. Choose which form of literary conflict you believe to be the strongest in the novel and explain why, citing at least three examples of this form of conflict.

Essay Topic 2

When the wolves enter the Baxter family land, they cause chaos in the family.

Part 1.) Describe the way that the wolves directly affect life for the Baxters on the farm.

Part 2.) Compare/contrast the ways that the Baxters and the Forresters propose to get rid of the wolves and the conflict that arises due to their disagreement.

Part 3.) Explain the aftereffects of killing the wolves on both the people and animals involved.

Essay Topic 3

The character of Twink plays an important role in adding conflict to the novel.

Part 1.) Describe Twink's character and explain why she was a desirable woman to the men in the novel.

Part 2.) Explain why Twink's character added conflict to the story and what the outcome of that conflict was.

Part 3.) Describe which man, either Oliver Hutto or Lem Forrester, would make a better husband for Twink and explain why.

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