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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 Large Marge tell Ernt he is going to go and do until spring in Chapter 11?

2. Where does Leni's class go on a field trip in Chapter 6?

3. About how many hours of daylight per day do the Allbrights experienced in January?

4. How old is Leni's mother in Chapter 2?

5. Where in Alaska do Leni and her family arrive to take the ferry to their new home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom announce at the community meeting that he holds at the Kicking Moose Saloon? How does Ernt respond?

2. How has the Allbright household changed from the ending of Part 1 to the opening of Part 2?

3. How is the theme of literature explored in Chapters 1 and 2?

4. What is the reason for the vandalism that is discovered during Salmon Days? Who is responsible?

5. How do the Allbrights reach their destination in Chapters 3 and 4?

6. How is Leni described when her character is introduced in the beginning of the novel?

7. How does Leni characterize her parents' relationship in Part 1 of the novel?

8. Where does Matthew move in Chapter 10? Why?

9. Discuss the exchange between Cora and her mother in Chapter 2. What is revealed about these characters through the exchange?

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

Describe and analyze the plot structure of The Great Alone. What is the inciting event that sets the plot into motion? Where does the rising action begin? Where is the climax? What information does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme/motif of literature in The Great Alone. What are some of the literary references and/or allusions made by the author in the text? How do these literary works connect to this novel thematically? How do these references help to develop the characters in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of toxic love in The Great Alone. How does Leni feel about the toxic love between her parents? How does the author use metaphor or simile to illustrate this toxic love? What are the impacts and/or repercussions of toxic love?

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