Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this novel. All sentences are from the novel. Figurative language is characteristic of Romanticism ("like a frightened fawn," "Grass is a treacherous carpet," "Chance has already sent us a friend," "the slumbering forest," "plain as the north star"). Allusions include references to history, mythology, religion, chivalry and folklore (Apollo, ghosts, witchcraft, Ticonderoga, knighthood, Saul, Jacob, Goliath, Noah's ark).