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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. Upon whom has Rowena come to rely?

2. What does Henry demand Rowena do?

3. What does Stew Meat do after he gets out his card?

4. About what does Mrs. Jervice remind Rowena?

5. What kind of tree is Henry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rowena tell Henry and Sam and what is Henry's response?

2. How do the three young people turn out?

3. What point of view is used in the Epilogue and who is the narrator?

4. What do Rowena's parents hear and then learn when they investigate?

5. What does Sam say about Henry's stories?

6. What does Adam promise his mother and what does this promise prompt Adam to do?

7. What does Stew Meat say happens just as he is closing his store?

8. What does Adam hear as he is going to bed and what does his pa say about it?

9. What does Rowena hear about Adam at a party and what is her thought about it?

10. What does Sam bring back for Henry and what does he say when Rowena tells Sam about what Henry said to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Over the course of "The Wish Maker", all three young people grow as a person in both complexity and understanding. "The Wish Giver" might be considered a slice of their larger story of their "coming of age." It might be said that "The Wish Giver" is a "bildungsroman" of the three young wish users. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of one of the three young people as she/he changes from a more carefree, innocent child to a wiser, young person. What are the significant events that change them?

3. After thoroughly analyzing one of the three's growth throughout "The Wish Maker", do you think "The Wish Giver" could be considered their Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in "The Wish Giver" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and often times the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think The Wish Giveris? Explain your response.

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