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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. How much money does Wayne and the narrator each receive for the scrap wire in Story 5?
2. The narrator states in Story 1 that by the sweet voices of the family inside the car, he knew ________.
3. Where does the police officer take the hitchhiking narrator following the car accident?
4. In Story 2, who is the woman at the narrator's "new companion's" home referring to when she says, "If you don't take him off our street I'm calling the police"?
5. According to the narrator in Story 2, how long has he been friends with his two friends?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Thatcher? What type of relationship does Thatcher have with the narrator?
2. Discuss the narrator's relationship with the three women in Story 5.
3. Discuss comical irony which is found in Story 2.
4. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.
5. Who is Wayne? Describe his relationship with the narrator in Story 5.
6. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?
7. In Story 2, what three stops does the narrator's new companion have the narrator make? What occurs at each of the three stops?
8. Discuss the mini-theme of the manifestation of nature a seen in Story 1.
9. Describe the character of Jack Hotel. Discuss the interaction he has with the narrator.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze, discuss, and explain the significance the following quote found in Story 1: "I knew every raindrop by its name. I sensed everything before it happened. I knew a certain Oldsmobile would stop for me even before it slowed, and by the sweet voices of the family inside it I knew we'd have an accident in the storm. I didn't care. They said they'd take me all the way."
Essay Topic 2
Show how the author's manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of Jesus' Son as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the significance of the books title, Jesus' Son. How is the title developed throughout the book? What literary devices does the author use to develop the title?
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