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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 state does Homer travel to with Fleabottom's show in chapter twenty two?

2. Where do the soldiers lock up Homer?

3. Where does Fleabottom say the Totally Tattooed Woman is from?

4. What does the balloon land in the middle of?

5. What effect does Fleabottom think the resignation will have on the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Willow?

2. How does the Professor help Homer?

3. How does Homer escape the military?

4. How does Fleabottom find information from the soldiers?

5. What evidence is there that Fleabottom could be a spy?

6. Summarize chapter sixteen?

7. What false hope does Homer have in this section?

8. In what way is Mr. Willow not the ideal companion for Homer?

9. Summarize chapter seventeen.

10. Describe the performance Homer has to give in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Homer's opinion of slavery? Is Homer's views on slavery realistic considering how little he has seen of life?

Essay Topic 2

What does Philbrick say about slavery? How does he use the main characters to express his view?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's representation of Colonel Chamberlain.

1. How different is the author's representation of Colonel Chamberlain to how he is represented in the history books?

2. Why has the author represented him in this way? What effect does the author's representation have on the story?

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