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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 strategy do the Girlfriend and the Main Character come up with for hunting the sheep?

2. Why does the caretaker admit that he will not take the Main Character and the Girlfriend any further up the mountain road?

3. What does the person whom the Main Character discovers at the unlucky bend in the road admit to having?

4. Where did the Sheep Professor once work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

2. Explain how the Sheep Professor came to his current state of being.

3. Do the Girlfriend's ears help the quest while staying at the Dolphin Hotel?

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

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

6. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?

7. How are the sheep at the sheep farm similar to the people that the Sheep is trying to control?

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

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

10. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The surreal quality of A Wild Sheep Chase is at times enhanced and at times contradicted by the use of setting in the novel. Select two settings that play an important role to the creation of the surreal feeling of the story. Compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 2

Which chapter names are the best and the worst in A Wild Sheep Chase? Support your answer with a discussion of the effect of the title as it relates to themes and literary styles that may include foreshadowing, symbolism, character growth, plot development or anything else you find important to the story.

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in A Wild Sheep Chase l flounder looking for a sense of direction and purpose while others are strongly motivated and driven by a passionate purpose.

1) How does having a sense of purpose affect a character's life experience in this novel?

2) Compare and contrast two example in which having a sense of purpose are positive and negative events for specific characters in the book.

3) Analyze how a sense of purpose relates to happiness for the characters in this story.

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