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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 is Willy's real name?

2. Why does William mistake Willy for a boy?

3. What does Willy wish on this particular day?

4. What does Lucy tell two black men to take with them?

5. Who comes in the house and demands to know who Willy is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Willy escape the American raiding party?

2. How does Granny Hyde offer to help Willy?

3. What does Willy say about black men in the British army, and how do the two soldiers respond?

4. What are some of the choices Willy thinks about concerning what to do next?

5. Who is the boy whom Willy helps? What do they do?

6. Describe Willy's entry into the fort.

7. What happens when a British soldier finds Willy?

8. What does Willy's father say about seeing the British ships in the bay?

9. What does Willy do after leaving the fort?

10. Describe Willy's first meeting with her aunt Betsy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 War Comes to Willy Freeman, 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 War Comes to Willy Freeman. 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 2

War Comes to Willy Freeman might be considered a tale of good versus evil. Discuss the following:

1. What does it mean for a story to be a tale of good versus evil?

2. Is any one person, group, or country all good or all evil?

3. Identify three characters you would label as good and explain, using examples, your reasoning.

4. Identify three characters you would label as evil and explain, using examples, your reasoning.

5. Do you think most people prefer good to triumph? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in War Comes to Willy Freeman.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of War Comes to Willy Freeman. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of War Comes to Willy Freeman. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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