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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. Who is helping Peter to look for Maria in Chapter Fifty-four?
2. When is Chapter Twenty-six set?
3. How does Jeanne describe her feelings about motherhood in Chapter Thirty-eight?
4. When is Chapter Fifty-two set?
5. Peter says in Chapter Thirty-nine, “It is as my father says. Men are meant to be” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Jeanne’s perceptions of the “Honey Hunt” she attends in Chapter Fifty-three?
2. What circumstances lead to Peter’s isolation on the ranch in Chapter Twenty-four?
3. Why do Eli’s troops raid the Federal soldiers in Chapter Fifty-two? What happens during the raid?
4. How does Prairie Flower die in Chapter Twenty-eight?
5. Where is Eli working in 1864? How is his home described in Chapter Forty-nine?
6. How is Jeanne affected by Hank’s death in the novel?
7. What is represented symbolically by the feud between the McCulloughs and the Garcias and its aftermath in the novel?
8. What events and circumstances lead Eli to the cattle industry in Chapter Fifty-five?
9. Why does Peter express unhappiness about the discovery of oil on his family’s land?
10. How does Judge Black’s wife perceive Eli when he returns from the Rangers in Chapter Forty?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Jeanne’s reasons for siding with Phineas regarding the future of the McCullough ranch in Chapter Twenty. Do you think that Jeanne might have had a different reaction to the situation if she had not been presented with college? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the theme of “America’s creation myth” in The Son. How would you describe your personal idea of the creation myth of America? How is this myth displayed in the novel? Do you think that author Philipp Meyer brings up questions of the myth of America in the course of his story? How?
Essay Topic 3
Explore and discuss the themes of “alienation” and “morality” in the novel. In what ways do each of the three narrator/protagonists face alienation in the course of the story? What moral decisions are made by these characters, and upon what is their morality based?
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