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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 Jane do when Joley follows her to the bathroom, asking if she is okay?

2. After a non-stop, three-day drive from Iowa, where does Oliver arrive?

3. Why does Rebecca sneak around to watch an argument between her parents?

4. The wind howls through the metal and the corn stalks like what?

5. Who does Jane meet at the sheep shearing incident?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this scene become slightly awkward?

2. What decisions do the adults make about finding Rebecca?

3. What takes place in the last moments between Sam and Jane?

4. How does Hadley die?

5. How does the relationship between Jane and Sam change?

6. What do Sam and Hadley discuss over beer?

7. Why is Rebecca surprised about an argument between her parents?

8. What takes place at an Elvis-themed diner?

9. What does Joley say in his letter to Jane?

10. How does Rebecca react to seeing the crash site?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is found throughout the story.

Part 1) When is symbolism found? Why is it used?

Part 2) How does this symbolism enhance the story for the reader?

Part 3) Compare the use of symbolism in this text to another book you have read this year. How are they similar? How do they differ?

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

The author builds dislike for Oliver.

Part 1) How does the author build dislike for Oliver? Why does she build this dislike?

Part 2) How does this add contrast to the story? How does this contrast affect the story?

Part 3) How does the author, later in the book, show depth in this character? How does this building up of dislike add to the depth of the character?

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