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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. When does Penny assume that Flag will grow his horns?

2. What animal movement signals to Penny that bad weather might be coming?

3. Where does the Baxter family plan to spend their Christmas holidays?

4. When Jody is forced to pen Flag, what does he use to construct the cage?

5. What do the Forresters do to the Huttos in retaliation for Oliver's wedding to Twink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jody is asked to pen Flag?

2. What are Jody's final thoughts at the close of the novel?

3. At the end of winter, how does the family feel about Old Slewfoot's meat?

4. What is the response to Oliver Hutto and Twink's return from the steamship?

5. How does it happen that Jody kills his first bear?

6. What happens to the Baxter family's crops during the seven-day storm?

7. Why does Buck Forrester keep the hide of Old Slewfoot, and what is the reaction to his plan?

8. How does Penny propose that they get the fabric Ma requested for her Christmas dress?

9. Why are the Baxter and Forrester men glad that Fodder Wing is not alive to prowl the woods with them?

10. What happens to make the Baxter family realize that Old Slewfoot has returned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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, there are many times that the Baxters lose their animals and crops. Choose two instances in which the Baxters were set back in their profits. Describe each instance and explain how this loss affected the Baxters directly.

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