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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 affliction is the herb the captain tells Fitzwarren about used to treat?

2. What does the rooster find by kicking away straw and dung?

3. What does the agent give Dick when he leaves the carriage?

4. Why does Bernie want horses?

5. How old does Dick tell Will Price he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Abby and Ben change after the horses arrive?

2. What book does Abby bring for Ben's reading lesson?

3. How do the flock of birds in the cornfield react when the Lady and Whittington go to investigate them?

4. What does Whittington the cat look like?

5. What reaction does the cook have when Dick faints at her door?

6. What advice does the vet give Bernie when he calls about Spooker?

7. How does the captain react to Dick Whittington's cat?

8. What is Whittington and the Lady's plan to stop Havey from always chasing the duck?

9. What happened to Abby and Ben's parents?

10. What is the dream Dick Whittington has about London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss kindness in the novel and how characters give help to each other.

1) What affects does Bernie's kindness have on the other characters?

2) What role does kindness and help play in Dick Whittington's life and success? How does Dick show kindness and help to others?

3) What kindness and help does Ben receive in his struggle to learn to read? How does he react to kindness and help?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss friendship in the novel.

1) How do Whittington and the Lady become friends? How is their friendship important to them? How does it affect them and the other animals in the barn?

2) How and why do Dick Whittington and his cat become friends? How does their friendship affect Dick?

3) What other friendships are there in the novel? How do friendships affect the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in the novel, and how conflicts are resolved.

1) What kinds of conflicts exist between the characters in the novel, such as the conflict between the rats and the barn animals, and between Havey and the Lady? Why do these conflicts exist and how are they resolved?

2) What kinds of internal conflicts exist for the characters? How is Ben conflicted about learning to read? How does he struggle with himself to do what he needs to do to learn? How does Ben resolve his conflict?

3) What conflicts does Dick Whittington face? How are they resolved?

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