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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 8, where does Aaron have a croc tooth in his body?

2. In Chapter 14, how far does HIldy say there is a shallow crossing of the river upstream?

3. What does Matthew threaten Todd with in Chapter 17?

4. Where does Ben's map lead?

5. How many days until Todd becomes a man in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does a road lead to?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Todd see and how does it know what it is?

3. How does Todd feel when he is out of the town in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 8, what injuries does Aaron have from the croc fight?

5. What does Hildy and Tam's farm look like?

6. What is a cassor, and what does Todd know about them?

7. In Chapter 10, how does the girl start a fire?

8. What do Cillian and Ben do when Sheriff Prentiss arrives in Chapter 4?

9. What does Todd think about Manchee, his dog, at the beginning of the novel?

10. How does Ben react when Todd and Manchee tell him about the quiet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

When Aaron fights Todd in Chapter 8, he tells him that he is a coward. Why does Aaron tell Todd he is a coward? Is Todd a coward?

Essay Topic 3

Todd has to leave Prentisstown. How long have Ben and Killian known that Todd has to leave Prentisstown? Why did they not send him away sooner?

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