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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 the Wizard never let anyone do?

2. How many times can the owner of the Golden Cap call on the monkeys?

3. What does the witch's hat turn into?

4. What does Dorothy NOT prepare or put on in preparation for her trip?

5. The Wizard decides to meet the travelers _______ at a time.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dorothy finally kill the Wicked Witch of the West?

2. What does the Wizard insert into the Tin Woodman's chest?

3. What does the curse do to the Tin Woodman?

4. How long ago was the Scarecrow made?

5. What does the Lion do in order to become the King of the Forest?

6. What is the one thing the answer to #10 really wants more than anything else in the world?

7. When they cross the ditch, whose land do the travelers enter?

8. Who makes up the family that lives on the Kansas prairie?

9. Why can't the winged monkeys help Dorothy get back to Kansas?

10. The travelers find themselves lost in the land of the Winkies. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

No one has told Dorothy that the silver shoes would have taken her home at any time. Why do you think this was kept a secret until the end? How did this secret benefit others? Do you think it was done intentionally to get the witch killed? Why or why not? How would the shoes have helped Dorothy in other parts of the story?

Essay Topic 2

The witch longs for the silver shoes of Dorothy, going to great lengths to take them from her. Why do you think she doesn't try harder to get them? Why does the witch want them in the first place? Why can't a witch travel to new places on her own with magic? What do you think the silver shoes represent to the witch?

Essay Topic 3

The setting of the story plays a large part at the beginning of Dorothy's adventures, with everything being gray and lifeless. Why do you think Baum decided to create this sort of setting for the story? How does it help or hurt the story? Why? Describe alternative settings that may have been just as effective.

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