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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. Why does Joley feel this way about sending Rebecca back to Oliver?

2. Why does Emily invite Sam to a party?

3. When Joley asks if his sister and niece can stay on the farm for a while, does Sam agree to let them stay?

4. How old are Sam and Hadley?

5. How does Jane's father react when Jane scares away the animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jane feel about her father's death?

2. Why does Joley not want Jane to send Rebecca back to Oliver?

3. How does Jane now act around Sam?

4. How does Oliver feel about his abilities at intercepting Jane and Rebecca?

5. Where does Jane go after the plane crash? What takes place here?

6. What does Joley write in his letter to Jane at Fishtrap, Montana?

7. What has become of Oliver and Jane's marriage?

8. How does Rebecca get to Hadley's mother's home?

9. How do Sam and Jane finally become civil toward one another?

10. Describe the story Jane tells about being ten and goose hunting with her father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are references to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.

Part 1) When is there reference to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden? Is this reference direct or indirect? Explain.

Part 2) What is the purpose of this reference? How does it affect the rest of the story?

Part 3) What message is sent to the audience through this reference? Must one have knowledge of this Biblical story to fully understand this novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Hadley dies.

Part 1) How does Hadley die? What events lead up to his death? How could his death have been prevented?

Part 2) What does his death represent? How does his death affect the other characters in the story? Why are they affected this way?

Part 3) His death is learned early in the book. Other chapters after this explain the events leading up to his death. How does knowing he will die affect your feelings when reading about the events leading up to his death?

Essay Topic 3

At one point in the story, though Rebecca is feverish, scarred, and weak, it is Jane who needs healing.

Part 1) How has Rebecca become like this? Why does Jane need to be healed?

Part 2) How does this reveal a role reversal between this mother and daughter? At what other times do they reverse roles? Why do they reverse roles?

Part 3) How does the fact that Rebecca is physically injured, yet Jane needs healing reveal about the extent to which Jane has been emotionally scarred?

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