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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 Todd upset Hannah?

2. Bailey notices that the children of the neighborhood don't play with whom now?

3. Describe Ethan's injury.

4. The main character gets to know ____________, the horse, the ducks down at the pond, a black cat in the barn, and his first skunk!

5. Why is Ethan happy at this point in the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might Ethan mean by Doodle Dog?

2. How does Ethan beat Todd? How might Todd feel about this? Why?

3. How has Ethan and Hannah's relationship changed? Why?

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

5. Why is Toby unadoptable? Do you agree? Why or why not?

6. How has life changed for this family after Todd's setting fire to their house?

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

8. How is the end of this life like the last? Why?

9. How does Toby defend Sister? What does this reveal about him?

10. How is Todd still a problem? Is this problem lessening? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The main character believes that dogs are superior to other animals.

Part 1) How is this seen in this book? Why might the main character feel this way? How does this affect his relationships with other animals? Does this superiority also apply to humans? Why or why not?

Part 2) Does this superiority reflect a real dog's behavior towards other animals? If so, how? If not, why not? Do you believe that dogs are superior to other animals? If so, why? If not, what animal would you consider to be superior? Why?

Part 3) Do you see humans as superior to all other creatures? Why or why not? How has this attitude of superiority influenced human behavior throughout time? How does it still affect our world today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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