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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 does Owen call the nuns?
2. What does Mrs. Wheelwright (Johnny's grandmother) decide to purchase after the two major deaths of the year?
3. For his new sport, Owen needs a partner to help him. Who does he choose?
4. When Owen repeats the line, "God has taken your mother. My hands were the instrument. God has taken my hands. I am God's instrument," how does Johnny respond?
5. What is Owen unable to do in military training?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Owen, as The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes Scrooge to his grave?
2. What does Johnny think he sees when he is peering out at the audience from backstage during the Christmas pageant?
3. How does Barb Wiggin treat Owen, and what is his reaction?
4. What is Owen's favorite skill in basketball, and how does he accomplish it?
5. What does Owen look like when he is 16?
6. What happens with Owen's collegiate schooling after he is kicked out of Gravesend Academy?
7. What has Owen done to prepare the amputation blade?
8. What does Tabitha's old singing teacher tell the boys?
9. What does Owen hope to do upon graduation from the University, and why?
10. As an adult, what does Johnny overhear his friend Katherine Keener's husband saying about him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Organized religion plays a major role throughout the novel, creating both conflict and resolution. Choose one of the questions below as the focus for your essay, and support your answers with examples from the text.
1) Compare/contrast the upbringing that both Owen and Johnny had with organized religion. How did their upbringings affect how they acted, and how they viewed the differently situations they encountered throughout the novel?
2) Explore at least three major events in the novel where religious conflict is introduced. What is the significance of that conflict? How is religion used at that those points? Is religion used effectively to get a message across?
3) As an adult, Johnny wavers on whether he believes in religion. What events lead him toward religion, and what events have led him away?
Essay Topic 2
Amputation becomes a large theme throughout the novel. Compare/contrast the amputation of the armadillo and the amputation of Johnny's hands. What is similar about them? What is the difference? What is the significance of the two amputations?
Essay Topic 3
Overall, there are two major mindsets in the novel of how you progress through life: with caution, or with passion. In an essay, discuss at least five characters who progress through life with caution, and five characters who progress with passion. For each character, give a short explanation as to why they have landed on each list. Then, choose one character from either side of the list and argue why they should have lived their life the opposite way. What does John Irving seem to be saying is the better way to live your life? Which side of the list had happier live, better outcomes?
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