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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 two characters get engaged in this section?

2. In which state is Lancaster a city?

3. What do Mr. Willow and Homer have to do in Maine?

4. What is the first thing Homer hears the boot man say?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fleabottom find information from the soldiers?

2. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

3. How does Homer escape the military?

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

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

6. Summarize chapter seventeen.

7. What were the hot-air balloons used for in the Civil War?

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

9. Summarize chapter sixteen?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Mr. Willow so naive? What does this trait highlight about Homer's own character?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Homer find the truth in this section? How does his narration change when he finds the truth? Why does Homer embellish so much on the truth at the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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