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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 Jack say is a fair trade for the outfit?

2. What does Jason name his dog?

3. Who does Jason first see when he wakes after being sick?

4. What did Jason's father say he would never be?

5. What becomes the topic of conversation across the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13, what does he get and what does he do with it?

2. Upon what ship is Jason stowed away on, what does he hear and what can he not know because of the noise?

3. When Jason comes back to Skagway, what are people complaining about, who is head of law enforcement and who is working with him?

4. What does Jason learn at Mrs. Beal's boarding house that stuns him?

5. How does Jason get a canoe?

6. On what date is Jason Hawthorn hawking papers, where is he, what is the big news and what does Jason want to have the opportunity to do?

7. What does Jason use his earnings for and why does he end up collapsed on the trail?

8. What does the old man on the train talk about that does not interest Jason much and what does he learn from the old man?

9. What does the person in question #21 tell Jason and what does he offer Jason? How does Jason feel about the offer?

10. What does Jason encounter on his way towards Chilkoot and what does he wish about the crowds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hawthorn and Charlie have a breakthrough after the fire goes out. While Hawthorn thought he was taking care of Charlie, Charlie felt as if Hawthorn was telling him that he was useless. Working out the issue brought them much closer and turned their relationship into a productive one with both doing the chores.

1. Why do you think Charlie felt the way he did? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.

2. What lesson might a person learn from this part of the book when dealing with handicapped people they meet in their lives? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.

3. The fact that Jason and Charlie worked on the issue and communicated seems to have cleared up the problem. Do you think most problems between people are the result of lack or or poor communication? Why or why not? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of change. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with change? Why? What are some symbols of change? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of perseverance. Which characters seem to have a great deal of perseverance and which do not? Why? Which characters seem really determined and courageous? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death. How did the death of Jason's father affect him? What about his dog, King? How was his reaction to both deaths similar and different?

4. Discuss why Abraham and Ethan leaving Seattle without Jason was a type of death for the Hawthorn family. Use examples from the book to illustrate your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Jason's Gold is? Explain your response.

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