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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. What plant does Katherine discover growing in her garden in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 5, whom does Katherine leave Juno with when she leaves?

3. What animal does Mike locate sleeping under a snow bank in Chapter 7?

4. What does Mrs. Carpentier give Katherine when she is delivering her baby?

5. What is the rock that Mike takes Katherine to see shaped like?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Katherine and Mrs. Mathers meet, how does Mrs. Mathers make a bad impression?

2. In what way has Katherine broken rules in Chapter 1?

3. What causes the wolves to cry so much in Chapter 6?

4. Why does Katherine ask to call Mrs. Carpentier by the name Sarah?

5. What does Sergeant Mike suggest Katherine can use for ammunition when she goes shooting?

6. Where must Katherine and Mike travel in Chapter 5? Why must they go, and how will they get there?

7. In Chapter 11, when a forest fire approaches the town, where does Mike instruct Katherine to go?

8. Who is traveling in a train at the beginning of the novel? Where is she going?

9. In Chapter 8, what do Katherine and Mike discover has happened to the cheesecloth they provided for Chief Mustagan's windows?

10. What does Atenou tell Ralph about his wisdom tooth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Freedmans use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why do the Freedmans use foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the marriage between Katherine and Mike. Do they love and respect each other? Is their marriage a happy one? Does Katherine believe she made the right choice by marrying Mike? What are some obstacles that they face as a couple?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the Freedmans' use of irony. What are some examples of irony in the novel? How do these examples affect the reader's experience when reading the novel?

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