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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 David's new house called?

2. Why does Amanda have so many animals?

3. What does Amanda do when she first gets to the house to show she doesn't want to be there?

4. What does Amanda ask David to help her hunt for?

5. What did David say Amanda rarely did when they met?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff ask of David the first morning Amanda is in their home?

2. Why is David so good at helping around the house?

3. Why is Amanda so upset when she hears there are no cemeteries nearby?

4. How do each of the children eat their dinner during the first ordeal?

5. What does Amanda realize about the Stanley children when she tests them?

6. What is the second ordeal?

7. What angers David during the first ordeal?

8. What does Janie do while they weed the garden?

9. What does Blair tell David about Rolor, and what does this indicate?

10. What caused Jeff to get rid of his strange collection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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