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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 is the weather like throughout Story 1?
2. The narrator states that ________ is like a railroad club car that had somehow run itself off the tracks into a swamp of time where it awaited the blows of the wrecking ball.
3. How far did the family promise to take the hitchhiking narrator?
4. According to Richard in Story 2, the people at the farmhouse use to be ________.
5. At the end of Story 5, the narrator says, "Your husband will beat you with a(n) ________ and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my ________."
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Thatcher? What type of relationship does Thatcher have with the narrator?
2. Where does the narrator of Story 3 receive money from?
3. Describe the character of Jack Hotel. Discuss the interaction he has with the narrator.
4. Discuss comical irony which is found in Story 2.
5. Discuss the mini-theme of the manifestation of nature a seen in Story 1.
6. Is Richard the one who the narrator briefly describes as being injured and arrested during a burglary attempt? Explain.
7. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?
8. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.
9. Who is Richard and Tom? Discuss the friendship the narrator has with these two men.
10. Define the literary element of foreshadowing. How is this literary element used in Story 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the narrator's relationships with the different women in the book. How is each relationship similar and how are they different?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the connection between Story 3: "Out on Bail" and Story 6: "Emergency."
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance and affect of the narrator being without a name. How does this characteristic contribute to the overall message of Jesus' Son?
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