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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 person whom the Main Character discovers at the unlucky bend in the road admit to having?

2. Whom is the Kipper referred to in the name of Chapter 24?

3. What vehicle is sent to pick up the cat?

4. Where does the couple first take a train to in Chapter 29?

5. Whose death is revealed by the person the Main Character discovers at the unlucky bend in the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?

2. Is the Sheep Man a part of the physical or the spiritual world?

3. Describe the Dolphin Hotel.

4. How does the Main Character react to the Girlfriend's sudden disappearance?

5. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.

6. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

7. Why is the Sheep able to control the Rat?

8. What explanation does the Sheep Man give for the Girlfriend's disappearance?

9. What indicates that the Main Character's journey to Junitaki may be a hazardous one?

10. Why is the Rat able to destroy the Sheep?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine that A Wild Sheep Chase is told from a strictly historical perspective rather that with the surreal quality. In other words, that science is used to explain any mystical events in the novel. How would this impact the message of the story, the growth of the characters and the experience of the readers? Do you feel this could be effectively accomplished?

Essay Topic 2

The labels used instead of names send strong messages about the characters in A Wild Sheep Chase. Select three characters and analyze the message sent by the label given by the author. Explain how the story would be different if names were used.

Essay Topic 3

Both the Rat and the Main Character are weak men who undergo transformations during the story.

1) By the end of A Wild Sheep Chase, do you consider the Main Character or the Rat to be the better person?

2) Which character undergoes the greater transformation?

3) If the Rat had come out of this situation alive, what do you think his relationship to the Main Character would be like?

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