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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Edward's body does Nellie remake in Chapter 9?
(a) His torso.
(b) His feet.
(c) His head.
(d) His ears.

2. What does Bull say he and his dog are in Chapter 12?
(a) Angry.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Lost.
(d) Hungry.

3. What is the name of the dog that unearths Edward from the trash in Chapter 12?
(a) Jack.
(b) Roger.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Bull.

4. What was the princess transformed into in Pellegrina's story in Chapter 4?
(a) A snake.
(b) A warthog.
(c) A lizard.
(d) A dog.

5. To what is the princess's beauty compared in Pellagrina's story in Chapter 4?
(a) The stars.
(b) The sun.
(c) A rose.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old fisherman hold in his mouth as he walks home with Edward in Chapter 8?

2. In what month does Abilene depart on the ship with her parents in Chapter 5?

3. What does Edward conclude to be the reason that Pellagrina was disappointed in him in Chapter 11?

4. What did the cook do with the ring when she discovered it in Pellegrina's story in Chapter 4?

5. What parts of Edward's body is made of rabbit fur?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Nellie and Lawrence treat and interact with Edward?

2. Who is Pellagrina and how is this character described?

3. What does Edward think about being renamed Susanna?

4. How and why is Edward thrown from the ship in Chapter 5?

5. How does the theme of vanity apply in Chapters 1-3?

6. What does Lolly do with Edward? Why?

7. How are Bull and Lucy described? Where does Edward encounter them?

8. How is Lawrence described? What does he do?

9. Who is Nellie? How is this character described?

10. Where does Edward live in the beginning of the novel? How is this setting described?

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