A Simple Plan: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Scott Smith (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Simple Plan: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Scott Smith (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In what year does Chapter One begin?

2. What does Hank tell Jacob they will have to do to keep from prompting questions about the source of the money in Chapter Four?

3. Who does Hank say murdered Penderson in Chapter Four?

4. What does Hank find his wife doing when he returns to the bedroom in Chapter Three?

5. Whom does Hank call to say that they have to return to the plane to be certain they didn't overlook anything in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Hank find Sarah in the morning of Chapter Three?

2. What does Hank discover about Penderson when he returns to the car in Chapter Three?

3. When and how did Hank's parents die?

4. What recollection of his parents does Hank have in the beginning of Chapter Three?

5. Why does Jacob cry in Chapter Three? What argument ensues between Jacob and Hank?

6. How do Hank and Jacob effectively set Lou up in Chapter Six?

7. How do Sarah's motivations begin to evolve in Chapter Four? What does this indicate?

8. When does Sarah return home from the hospital in Chapter Five? What does Jacob bring?

9. What does Hank do with Penderson's snowmobile in Chapter Three?

10. Why does Jacob spend the night at Hank's in Chapter Five? What agreement does he come to with Hank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss the narrative voice of the novel and Hank Mitchell as the protagonist. What character traits does Hank embody in Chapter One?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Jacob in the narrative. How much older is Jacob than Hank? What is their relationship like?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions of Hank in Chapters Six and Seven. What led to Hank's shooting his brother? How does he feel about it afterward? What does Jacob know or recall about the events?

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