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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. Where does Wayne take the narrator in Story 5?

2. Who drives a Volkswagen in Story 1?

3. When asked by the semi-truck driver, "Is everybody dead?" How does the narrator respond?

4. Who used to own the house that the narrator and Wayne are at?

5. In his flashback, the narrator in Story 1 reveals that earlier in the day the ________ and him had swept down into ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the mini-theme of the randomness of existence as seen in Story 1.

2. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?

3. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.

4. Describe the character of Jack Hotel. Discuss the interaction he has with the narrator.

5. Describe the three people the narrator first introduces to the reader at the beginning of Story 1. How does the narrator interact with these three people?

6. Describe Dundun's violence against Jack Hotel as described by the narrator in Story 4.

7. Define the literary term of tone. What is the tone of Story 1?

8. Analyze the family who picks up the hitchhiking narrator in Story 1. What are some characteristics of this family?

9. What does the term "sacrifice" refer to when Wayne says, "It is my sacrifice" after the narrator offers to buy a round of beers at The Vine.

10. Discuss the mini-theme of the manifestation of nature a seen in Story 1.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you show how a character who appears briefly or not at all has a significant presence. Show how such character functions in the book. Discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the theme of the need for and the value of human contact. Which character from Jesus' Son does this theme encompass the most?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the theme of tension between desperation and compassion contributes to the meaning of Jesus' Son as a whole.

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