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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. Who yells stop when Matthew hits Benjamin in the groin in Chapter 28?

2. Where does Matthew put the box with the things he packs up that Rachel gave him?

3. On the morning of Karel's attack, how long did Tomas spend admiring a customer's model train set?

4. When was Sylvie's mother admitted to Cottage Hospital?

5. How many flats are in the house where Tomas lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Duncan wake at the end of Chapter 21, and what does he decide that he needs to do?

2. In Chapter 25, how does Benjamin explain what happened at Rachel's?

3. What does Matthew do and feel when he sees Rachel in Chapter 28?

4. What happens when Benjamin and Matthew fight in the gym?

5. What does Zoe tell Matthew in Chapter 23?

6. In Chapter 24, what do Duncan and Karel talk about?

7. In Chapter 18, why does Tomas want to search in the area near the hospital for the assailant?

8. Why does Duncan use acrylics when he paints?

9. Who is the American that Zoe keeps searching out?

10. What did Rufus win at a carnival when he was nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of The Boy in the Field, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 2

Zoe starts going to Oxford frequently. How does Zoe put herself in danger when she starts going to Oxford? How and why does she put herself in vulnerable situations?

Essay Topic 3

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 the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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