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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. Buck considers what animals to be vandals in the cornfield?

2. Who takes Jody into the woods in search of the fawn?

3. How does Jody react when he first sees the Spaniard in the trees?

4. What animal from the Baxter family farm was killed by Old Slewfoot?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What significant even happened when Jody Baxter was two years old?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Jody and his father have what reaction to Fodder Wing's baby raccoon?

10. What plan does Jody concoct to persuade his parents that he is mature enough to take on the fawn as a pet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the rising climax of the novel, the fight between the Forrester and Baxter family comes to a head at the Volusia Christmas party.

Part 1.) Explain what happened in the final fight between the two families.

Part 2.) Explain why Grandma Hutto decided to lie to Oliver about the events.

Part 3.) Describe what the final effects of the fight were on both families and their relationship to each other and the woods.

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

Throughout the novel, the colorful language of the farmers in both the Baxter and Forrester families comes to life. Choose one farm saying or figure of speech used by one of the characters and explain what it means. Then, explain how that figure of speech characterizes the speaker who used it and how the saying relates to the plot of the novel.

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