Pony Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

R. J. Palacio
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Pony Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

R. J. Palacio
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In Chapter 2, what does Silas remember he felt when his father took him hunting in the woods for the first and only time and he passed out?

2. In Chapter 4, how quickly is Marshal Farmer snoring after he says good night to Silas?

3. What animals does Enoch Farmer warn Silas about in Chapter 2?

4. What does Silas make for breakfast the morning after his father leaves in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 2, how long does Silas remember that his father said people had been hunting in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Silas's thoughts about memory at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. Who was Telemachus?

3. What do three men who come in the night in Chapter 1 want with Martin?

4. What does Silas remember about the time his father took him hunting?

5. How do Marshal Farmer and Silas find the trail of Silas's pa and the other men?

6. What does Silas realize about Marshal Farmer when he sees him in the daylight in Chapter 3?

7. What does Silas take with him when he rides to find his father?

8. How does Mittenwool think that Silas's father will react when he learns that Silas is coming after him?

9. What happened to Silas during a storm on April 27, 1858?

10. Why did Martin Bird become a bootmaker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wisdom is a set of attributes that include experience, knowledge, and sound judgement. Do age and life experience always lead to wisdom? Is there a correlation between wisdom and age in Pony?

Essay Topic 2

In Pony, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Telemachus is a boy in a story who searches for his father. How does the story of Telemachus parallel Silas’s search for his father?

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