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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 Fodder Wing feed to his dogs?

2. When Jody sees that his mother is in a bad mood, on what does he compliment her in an attempt to cheer her mood?

3. At what time must Jody finish all of his chores before he is allowed to visit Fodder Wing?

4. After the encounter with the Spaniard, what type of animal does Jody watch feeding its young?

5. What does Penny say about Jody after the fistfight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do each of Jody's parents react to the fact that he has been rambling in the woods all morning rather than doing his chores?

2. What does Jody do in the middle of the night after Old Slewfoot has been killed and everyone has fallen asleep?

3. What does Fodder Wing tell Jody about the magnolia tree, and what is Jody's reaction?

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

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

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

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

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

9. After living through the fistfight, what does Jody realize about Oliver Hutto?

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the novel progresses, Jody's relationship to the animals in the woods changes. Define three different relationships that Jody has with animals in his woods and describe the ways that Jody's relationship with those animals changes as his character matures.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Penny Baxter spends most of his life priding himself on his honesty. Choose one situation where Penny used honesty to get him out of a sticky situation and one situation when Penny chose to lie. How does the dichotomy of truth and lies present itself as a theme in the novel through Penny's character?

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