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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 does Nellie lean Edward against while she works in the kitchen in Chapter 9?

2. What does Edward see Abilene holding as he falls in Chapter 6?

3. Where does Edward spend dinnertime during Lolly's visit in Chapter 10?

4. What season does Edward prefer the most?

5. What does Bull say he and his dog are in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Edward moved from the sea bottom in Chapter 7?

2. What does the witch do in in Pellagrina's story in Chapter 4? Why?

3. How did Edward's pocket watch become lost in the flashback in Chapter 2?

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

5. Who is Lolly and how is this character described?

6. Who is Ernest? How is he described?

7. How is Abilene Tulane described? How old is she when her character is introduced?

8. How is the theme of revenge explored in Chapter 11?

9. What happened in the instance when the neighbor's dog got into the house with Edward?

10. Who is the main character in Pellagrina's story in Chapter 4? How is this character described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the characters of Bull and Lucy in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Where and how does Edward encounter these characters? What name does Bull give to Edward? How does Edward spend his time while in the care of Bull and Lucy? How does he lose contact with them?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How is verbal irony employed in the narrative? What are examples of situational irony and dramatic irony? What character points out irony to Edward in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of change and hope in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. How are these themes developed through character? How are they developed through setting? What symbolism relates to these themes?

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