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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 Henry discover when he calls work, in Chapter 3?

2. What field was Henry studying?

3. What does Henry do after firing his shot?

4. What does Henry lament in Santa Fe?

5. When is the time period of the scenes Henry remembers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry's relationship with the landscape?

2. What is Henry's plan when he sets out on his trip?

3. What does Henry think about cooking, and Elaine's cooking in particular?

4. What is Henry's routine for his road trip?

5. What does Henry find when he gets to the bank?

6. Why doesn't Henry qualify as a marksman?

7. Describe Will's decision to fight in WWII and its effect on the family.

8. Describe Henry's housewarming party.

9. Describe Henry's relationship with his brother Will.

10. Who is Red Ginter and what role does he play in Henry Lightcap's childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a review that assesses the value of 'Fool's Progress.' What does the book do that is different from what it sets out to do? Is there a moral, and if so, what does it teach? Is it a cautionary tale?

Essay Topic 2

In chapter two, Joe remarks that Henry is in for a troubled life, and Lorraine says that at least it won't be a dull life. In what ways is Henry troubled? In what ways is his life the opposite of dull? (In what ways is he hardly troubled? In what ways is his life dull?)

Essay Topic 3

What are Abbey's feelings about women? Are there women who make exceptions to his general feelings? What role does feminism play in 'Fool's Progress'? In what ways are women powerful creatures, who are already in charge of things?

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