Redemption Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Redemption Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 far is the Hawthorne farm from the nearest house?

2. How does the narrator describe Jack's father before the accident?

3. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?

4. What does Phoebe give Jack besides his lunch?

5. What part does Jack play in his made-up stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Jack's morning routines are pleasant, his guilt creeps into his day and the illusions of the morning are shattered. How does he behave as the day continues? What changes for him?

2. How does Jack Hawthorne spend much of his time after the accidental death of his brother? What does he do during those activities?

3. When describing Jack's routines in the early mornings, the author uses the word "sweet" more than once. What things are sweet about the mornings for Jack?

4. Jack begins to play the French horn in earnest. Why does he do this? Where does he practice?

5. What do we know about Yegudkin's wife? What does she look like? What does she do?

6. While Jack is sitting with Phoebe under the tree at lunchtime, he senses she wants to say something to him. How does he react? What might Phoebe wanted to talk about with her brother?

7. With whom does Jack begin studying French horn? What information are we given about this teacher in this section? Where does he teach?

8. How does Jack respond to Yegudkin's performance on the French horn? How is the performance described?

9. Describe the Hawthorne family farm that Jack works on a year and a half later. What has changed? What remains the same?

10. The narrator describes a soliloquy spoken by Jack's father at the Grange one night. How does Jack remember his father on that evening? Why does he recall this memory when he is angry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jack describe Phoebe as his "sole ally, already half traitor"?

Essay Topic 2

Who are Dale and Betty Hawthorne? What are they like before the accident and after? How does the death of their son affect them?

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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