Redemption Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Redemption Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Jack do while waiting for the cows to finish eating?

2. What kind of motorcycle does Jack's father have?

3. What is it that makes Jack crazy once his good feelings wear off?

4. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?

5. How old is Jack's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jack's "black memory"? What sounds and sights does Jack relive in his black memory?

2. When Dale looks up to the door and sees Jack, what does Dale say to his son? How does Jack respond to his father?

3. How does Jack react when his father reads Jack's poems in public? Why does he feel the way he does about his father's poetry readings?

4. As his lessons continue, what does Jack begin to realize about his teacher and his rants about America and Russia?

5. What does the reader realize when Yegudkin plays the French horn?

6. When Jack first opens the door and sees his family gathered around his father, his aunt says to him, "It's all over. Your father is home." What does she mean by this?

7. When he is driving the tractor, how does Jack's behavior mimic that of his father?

8. Although he practices in the hayloft and is part of the civic orchestra, Jack refuses to play his horn either at church or at home. Why?

9. How does Jack respond to working with his uncles? How does he spend his time?

10. How does Jack react every time he relives the image of his brother David being crushed by the cultipacker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack's feelings for his father are complex. Discuss the array of emotions Jack has for his father at different times in the story, and support your discussion with examples.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator compares Jack working out his feeling while he works on the farm to acting on a stage. What is Jack's stage? What is his performance? Who is his audience?

Essay Topic 3

How is Jack's experience with death and loss similar to that of Yegudkin? How is it different?

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