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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. After his father's attack, what chore does Jody complete on his own for the first time in his life?

2. What overwhelming feeling does Jody feel when he is cleaning out the sinkhole?

3. How many babies did Penny Baxter and his wife bury before Jody was born?

4. Why doesn't the Baxter family own a well?

5. Which of the following instruments is NOT present in the Forrester family's late night jam session?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Baxter family prepare the buck that Penny shoots with his new gun?

2. How did Fodder Wing earn his nickname, and what was the result of his accident?

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

4. How is Julia injured by Old Slewfoot?

5. What happens when Jody eats half-ripe berries from the woods?

6. How does Buck Forrester teach Jody to rob a bee hive?

7. What reaction does Jody have when Old Slewfoot kills the Baxter family's pregnant sow?

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

9. How does Oliver react to hearing the news that Lem Forrester has claimed Twink as his sweetheart?

10. How has the Baxter farm changed from the beginning of summer to the end, in August?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fodder Wing played an important role in Jody's relationship with animals.

Part 1.) Explain who Fodder Wing is and how he got his name.

Part 2.) Compare/contrast Fodder Wing and Jody's relationships with the animals of the woods.

Part 3.) Theorize how Fodder Wing would have reacted to Flag's fate.

Essay Topic 2

In the middle of the novel, there is a flood that overtakes the Baxter's land.

Part 1.) Describe the effects that the flood had on the land surrounding the Baxter's farm.

Part 2.) Describe the ways that the Baxter family was directly affected by the flood's damages.

Part 3.) Explain how the Baxter family survived in the months following the flood's damages.

Essay Topic 3

Two families play central roles in the novel: the Baxter family and the Forrester family. Briefly describe each family and compare/contrast the way that the two families relate to the woods and nature that they live in.

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