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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 Rowena make for Sam?
2. What is the situation when Adam wakes the next morning?
3. Who is the first person narrator in the Epilogue?
4. What does Sam suggest they do for Henry?
5. What happens to the card?
Short Essay Questions
1. What will happen eventually if the water does not stop flowing?
2. What does Adam hear as he is going to bed and what does his pa say about it?
3. What does Adam hear about the well on his family's farm and what does he suggest to his pa about the situation?
4. What do Rowena's parents hear and then learn when they investigate?
5. What happens when Polly becomes desperate?
6. How is Henry when Rowena returns from the party?
7. What point of view is used in the Epilogue and who is the narrator?
8. What surprises Adam and his mother?
9. What does Adam do after school and how do Eunice and Agatha and others treat him?
10. What does Sam say he's been doing in the library and with what result?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "The Wish Giver". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "The Wish Giver". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of impulsive behavior in "The Wish Giver". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "The Wish Maker".
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "The Wish Maker". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "The Wish Maker". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Wish Maker, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Wish Maker. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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