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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 the rooster doing when he finds the diamond?

2. What does Jancsi offer to help his father through the summer?

3. Why does Kate not recognize the man dressed as Mikulas?

4. How does the rooster escape the well?

5. How many fat men steal the diamond from the rooster?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jancsi help Kate when she goes swimming?

2. What trouble does Kate cause at the circus?

3. What does Jancsi spend his money on at the fair?

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

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

6. What do the gypsies steal from Marton's ranch?

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

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

9. Who is Mikulas?

10. What does Kate want Csaba to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the plot of one of the Hungarian legends shared in this book, and give some reasons as to why this might have been seen as important enough to the author to include in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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