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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. Where did Theo grow up?

2. What was the name of the family dog before Alyssa died?

3. What summer job did Theo have that made him want to go to college?

4. How old is Inga Alder?

5. How many medications did two different physicians want to prescribe Robin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Robin want for his birthday, and how does he use it when he gets it?

2. How successful is Robin's sale of his painting at the first farmers' market?

3. Where did Alyssa and Theo go when they finished their degrees?

4. How did Theo and Alyssa meet?

5. What problems are there when Robin and Theo go to Thanksgiving with Aly's parents?

6. What were the days like when Aly lobbied at the state Capitol?

7. What was Aly's closing when she testified to get a bill passed to stop hunting contests?

8. What does Robin decide to do to raise money?

9. After Robin learns to move a dot in his mind during his first DecNef session, what does Currier have him do?

10. What is the cabin like that Theo rents in the Smokies for Robin's ninth birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Theo is raising his son alone. What struggles does Theo have raising his son since his wife died? Why is parenting challenging for him?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Bewilderment? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Conflicts characters face are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in Bewilderment? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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