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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 is Pax wedged into in Chapter 3?

2. In which of his mother's litters was Runt born?

3. In Chapter 7, in which direction does the hillside face?

4. How old was Peter when he went to a therapist?

5. What is Peter's first mistake of the trip in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Runt look like?

2. How does the fox sense that the car is slowing in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Pax decide to wait by the road after Peter and his father left?

4. What sense of the war does Pax get from the crows?

5. What does the woman look like that Peter sees when he wakes in Chapter 8?

6. How does Vola treat Peter's injury?

7. How does Bristle catch a rat?

8. Why does Peter watch a kid on the ball field who is wearing a red t-shirt?

9. In Chapter 7, how does Pax feel after he moves back to the road to wait for his humans?

10. What do Peter and Vola eat in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pax has believed that humans are basically good. How does Pax feel about humans at the beginning of the novel? What does Pax learn about humans as the novel progresses? What does he learn about Peter? How and why do Pax’s view of humans begin to change in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Peter often denies that he is angry. Why does Peter attempt to control his anger? With whom or what does he associate anger? What does Vola say about humans and anger? Why does Peter believe that anger is dangerous? What does Vola teach Peter about anger? What does Peter learn about anger and how it should be used? How does that affect how Peter handles his anger by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Vola served in the war. How did the war affect Vola? What was she diagnosed with when she left the military? How did that make it difficult for her to cope with life? What did Vola believe she lost because of the war and how was that different from the standard definition of post-traumatic stress syndrome?

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