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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. How does the main character feel about Todd?

2. Who comes over often?

3. The family goes to the country to visit ___________________ on a farm.

4. What happens to the main character when he gets into a fight?

5. What does Bailey smell on Todd's pants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Spike? How does he affect the dog pack?

2. How might Bailey's sense of smell come in handy in the future?

3. How is Bailey affected by all these changes? Is this typical for a dog? Why or why not?

4. Describe Toby's first memories of life. How do these compare to your own?

5. What happens to the relationships of these main characters? Why?

6. How does the start of this section compare to the previous one?

7. Who is Senora? Is she kind? Why or why not?

8. How has Toby changed physically?

9. How does Bailey save the family? What most likely happened to Todd? How is this good and bad?

10. What might Todd's behavior foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main character has an affinity for humans.

Part 1) How is this revealed throughout the book? How do his feelings for humans compare to those of other animals? Why does he have this attachment to humans? How does this attachment affect him?

Part 2) Why might the author choose to have this main character like humans? How does this affect the story and the connection the reader has with the characters in the book?

Part 3) Overall, what are your own feelings regarding people? Do you relate more to the main character in the book or to another character in the book, regarding the security of human relationships with others? Why?

Essay Topic 2

A mother's love is a universal theme in this book.

Part 1) How is this a universal theme? How is this theme revealed in this book? How is repetition used in conjunction with this theme? What purpose does this serve?

Part 2) What is another universal theme found in this book? How are universal themes important in this book? How do these universal themes affect the reader?

Part 3) How are these themes tied to the main character's purpose in this book? How are they also tied to the purpose of the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

The dog's sense of smell is very important in this book.

Part 1) In what ways is sense of smell important? How does it affect the story? How does it prepare the reader for what is to come?

Part 2) What other dog abilities are shown in this book? Why are these abilities shown? What can humans learn from the abilities of dogs?

Part 3) What abilities do humans have? How do we benefit from these abilities? How do others benefit from our abilities? What connections can be made between what the dog is capable of and what human are capable of doing?

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