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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 Danny's father feel about Mr. Hazell?

2. Danny's father promises him in Chapter 6 that he will return home from poaching by what time?

3. What is the age that Danny says parents must lawfully send their children to school in Chapter 2?

4. What was the name of Doc Spencer's dog that Mr. Hazell once kicked?

5. How old is Doc Spencer described as being in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Mr. Hazell's yearly hunting party?

2. What does Danny's father establish as his main objective in Chapter 10?

3. What does Doc Spencer bring to Danny in Chapter 10? Why?

4. What does Danny say about grown-ups in Chapter 4?

5. How did Danny's grandfather practice and develop his methods of poaching?

6. How does Danny feel about his father?

7. What is poaching and how did it originate?

8. What does Danny's father say makes him mad every day? Why?

9. What did Danny's father build him for his eighth birthday? How is this gift described?

10. How do Danny and his father return home in Chapter 8? Do they have any encounters on the way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze Danny's father in Danny, the Champion of the World. What are the positive traits of Danny's father? What is Danny's father's big secret? How would you describe the relationship between Danny and his father?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Danny's mother in Danny, the Champion of the World? What does Danny learn about his mother in the course of the novel? Why is this important? What do you think Danny's mother symbolizes?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the narrative style of Danny, the Champion of the World. From what narrative perspective is the story related? In what tense is it related? Why are these choices important, and how do they affect the story?

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