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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. How does Sam view Henry Piper?

2. What does Polly spend time doing at recess?

3. In what voice is the Prologue written?

4. What is one theme the prologue says is explored?

5. What does Polly accidentally do when she says hello to Agatha at church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Polly worry about the next morning and how is she initially reassured?

2. What does Rowena do when she goes upstairs after her mother says no to Henry staying there?

3. Why is Polly polite to everyone the next day at school?

4. What does Rowena do with her card and what does she notice on her calendar?

5. What does each story chronicle?

6. What does Polly want to ask her mother and why is she reluctant to do so?

7. What is the Coven Tree Church Social and who is allowed to set up a booth there?

8. How does Polly impress her teacher?

9. What does Polly realize has happened?

10. Why does Polly go ahead and ask her mother and what is her mother's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Rick and Lon. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Lon and Nuke. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "The Wish Giver" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "The Wish Giver". Questions that Brittain most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Brittain' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Brittain' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Brittain and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

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