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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 Jancsi spend his money at the fair?

2. What does the man who buys Marton's horses call him?

3. What does Arpad do?

4. What is Matyi's job?

5. Who is dressed up as Mikulas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the big surprise Marton has for Mikulas Day?

2. How does Kate avoid being tied up by the gypsies when they want to kidnap her?

3. What do Jancsi and Kate ask Mikulas to do with what he brought them?

4. What does Jancsi do during the stampede?

5. Why does the man who buys Marton's horses call him a fool?

6. Why do the gypsies always come at harvest time?

7. What trouble does Kate cause at the circus?

8. How does the family celebrate after the story about the rooster?

9. What does Matyas learn that the truth to immortality is?

10. How does Kate get back home after the gypsies leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when the gypsies stay on Marton's land, and how are things in this scene resolved?

Essay Topic 2

How did Marton's relationship with Kate change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Sandor was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence - however brief - altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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