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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 Viv show Draeger?

2. In what country does Hank serve?

3. From what is Draeger suffering?

4. Of what kind of person does the prologue speak?

5. Whose suicide does Lee talk about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lee angry with Hank in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Jonas become disillusioned with Oregon?

3. Describe the prologue that begins Chapter 2.

4. Whose perspectives does the narrative move between as Viv, Lee and Henry wait at the shack?

5. What happens when a postman tries to deliver a postcard?

6. With what story about Hank does the chapter open?

7. What does Draeger see through the binoculars?

8. What do the customers talk about at the Snag?

9. Describe the scene at the shack between Henry, Lee and Viv.

10. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 4.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1)With the students, discuss what metaphors are. How do writers use them? Can the writers overuse them? Give examples of good and bad metaphors.

2) What other metaphors are there in the book? Do the metaphors center on anything specific?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Kesey use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kesey's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book?

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