Cities of the Plain Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cities of the Plain Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 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. What does the person that helps Magdalena when she has a seizure with a customer in Chapter 3 use to prevent her from biting her tongue?

2. What do the cowboys conclude has been killing on their ranch and must be stopped in Chapter 3?

3. What does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say erased his memory in a dream he had?

4. What does Billy teach the children of a family he begins to stay with to do at the very end of the book?

5. What do the cowboys find has been getting killed in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Grady describe Magdalena's escape plan to her?

2. How is John Grady and Eduardo's knife fight described?

3. What does John Grady do at his house just after finding out about Magdalena's death?

4. How is Billy's work with a family at the end of the book described?

5. What is the nature of the blind man's response to John Grady when he asks him to pray for him?

6. How is the dream of a stranger described to Billy in the epilogue?

7. How are Billy's actions described when he goes to the White Lake after Magdalena's death?

8. How are John Grady and Billy able to coerce their horses to go to the top of the mesa?

9. How is Billy described when he is first seen in 2002?

10. How do John Grady and Billy find a litter of puppies that are trapped on the mesa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author's use of comic relief in various parts of the book. What purpose might the author have for often making Billy the comedic voice of reason, especially in overly tense parts of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is an important theme presented in the book, namely through the characters John Grady and Billy. Part 1.) What can we learn about the nature of characters like Billy and John Grady based on the impact friendship plays in their lives throughout the book? Part 2.) What might the author wish to comment on regarding friendship based on his portrayal of the friendships developed among the cowboys? Part 3.) What lessons might we learn regarding friendship based on Billy's experience in the last parts of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's portrayal of the concept of escape in the book. What symbolic meaning might the author wish for Magdalena and John Grady's attempts at escaping their own reality?

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