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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 name of the diner where Bryce takes Edward in Chapter 21?

2. What color is the suit that Edward wears in Chapter 22?

3. How does Bryce carry Edward to town in Chapter 20?

4. What does Bryce transform Edward into in Chapter 18?

5. What does Bryce set out for people to put money in when he performs with Edward in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Bryce's home described?

2. Where does Edward wake up in Chapter 23? How is this setting described?

3. How does Bryce rescue Edward? Why?

4. Who is Sarah Ruth and how does Edward feel about this character?

5. What causes the conflict between Bryce and the cook in Chapter 21?

6. From what affliction does Sarah Ruth suffer? How does it affect her?

7. Where does Bryce go to eat in Chapter 21? What does he order?

8. How does Edward become separated from Bull and Lucy?

9. Where is Edward in his dream in Chapter 22?

10. How do Bull, Lucy, and Edward travel? Where do they go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Outline and analyze the plot structure of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. What is the inciting incident in the novel? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. From what perspective is the story related? In what tense is the story related? What is the significance of these choices of the author's?

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