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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 animal(s) attack the animals at Leni's family's homestead in Chapter 10?
2. How long ago does Natalie Watkins say she came to Alaska?
3. To whom is the following quote from the novel's opening credited? "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (6).
4. Where did Axle move after impregnating a girl, according to the narrator in Chapter 13?
5. What do Leni and her family eat at a restaurant on the beach when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Ernt described when his character is introduced in Chapter 1?
2. How has the Allbright household changed from the ending of Part 1 to the opening of Part 2?
3. How is Cora described when she is introduced in the beginning of the novel?
4. Where does Matthew move in Chapter 10? Why?
5. How is the theme of literature explored in Chapters 1 and 2?
6. How has Leni changed in the beginning of Part 2?
7. How does Ernt behave toward Cora and Leni in the morning after his violent explosion in Chapter 10? How do they respond?
8. Why does Ernt become violent after Geneva's funeral? What does he do?
9. How is Leni described when her character is introduced in the beginning of the novel?
10. What causes Ernt's hostility toward Tom in Chapters 5 and 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's employment of irony in The Great Alone. Give three examples of irony and discuss each. What is dramatic irony and how is it employed? What is verbal irony? How does situational irony come into play?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of setting in The Great Alone. What role does setting play in the novel's plot? How does the author describe the setting? What imagery is employed in these descriptions?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of forbidden love and deception in The Great Alone. What characters deceive one another in the narrative? Do you think these characters are justified in their deception? Why or why not? How is forbidden love connected to the theme of deception?
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