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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. According to the narrator in Story 1, all of the following people had given the narrator drugs except for who?

2. How far did the family promise to take the hitchhiking narrator?

3. How does the narrator's "new companion" communicate in Story 2?

4. What type of job does Wayne tell the narrator they are going to perform in Story 5?

5. How much did the narrator of Story 5 originally pay for his vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe The Vine as seen in Story 3.

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

3. Define the literary element of foreshadowing. How is this literary element used in Story 1?

4. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.

5. What can the passive reaction of the trucker in Story 1 be seen as a metaphoric representation of?

6. 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?

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

8. While working with Wayne at the abandoned house, what is the narrator and Wayne distracted by? Who is this person?

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

10. Define and discuss imagery which is found in Story 2.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Discuss the ending of Jesus' Son. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the book.

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