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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 does H.H. describe the whistling he hears as Part IV opens?
2. What does H.H realize about the whistling he hears?
3. What does the person H.H. followed say to H.H.?
4. In Part III, how does Lukas' opinion change concerning H.H.'s problem?
5. What does Lukas say H.H. keeps coming back to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is H.H. thinking and feeling as Part III opens?
2. How does H.H. say he intends to "exercise his will" in Part III?
3. In Part IV, what relationship does the person H.H. has been talking to have with Necker?
4. What experiences do Lukas and H.H. share in Part III?
5. Why is Lukas able to succeed with his story while H.H. fails in Part III?
6. In Part IV, what does the person in the park say to H.H. about people who give up their abilities and ambitions?
7. Explain what H.H. says happens to the journey in Part III.
8. How does H.H. describe the person who comes out of the building he watches in Part IV?
9. What is H.H.'s reaction to the possibility of finding Leo in Part III?
10. What does H.H.'s friend Lukas do for a living?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Early in Part III, Leo wants to end his meeting with H.H. after a brief conversation, but H.H. persists in following him. What does H.H. want from Leo? What is Leo's response? How does Leo try to calm H.H.? Explain why you think Leo is not able to recognize H.H. Include in your explanation an analysis of what is said in Part I about what happens to deserters of the League.
Essay Topic 2
The narrator says in Part I that generations try to suppress what previous generations have done. What does he say generations will recall about horrible things they endured? What does he seem to be referring to? Is there a particular character he might be speaking of? If so, who and why?
Essay Topic 3
In Part I, the narrator suggests the reader cannot really comprehend his story. What reasons does he give? Who does he agree with and what is said that he finds to be true? Who are the only ones he thinks can believe or understand his tale? Do you agree with H.H.'s beliefs and concerns about the reader's ability to understand? Explain your answer and include if you have ever had difficulty understanding a book due to lack of experience contained in the topic.
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