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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 does Hank believe will kill him if he becomes sexually involved with Jeanne in Chapter Thirty-two?

2. When does Eli McCullough describe a dozen Spanish cattle landing in the New World in Chapter Fifty-nine?

3. When does Eli say that their commission as Rangers ran out in Chapter Forty-six?

4. Jeanne thinks to herself in Chapter Sixty, “Dead people did not have voices and this made them” what?

5. What food do the Comanches believe makes a person into a coward, according to Eli in Chapter Thirty-one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is represented symbolically by the feud between the McCulloughs and the Garcias and its aftermath in the novel?

2. How does the author illustrate Jeanne’s political connections in Chapter Thirty-five?

3. How does the relationship between Hank and Jeanne develop in Chapter Thirty-two?

4. What does Eli gain from the raid in Chapter Fifty-two? What do the Indians gain?

5. How does Jeanne come to be knocked unconscious in Chapter Sixty-nine?

6. What leads up to Eli’s arrest in Chapter Thirty-seven? Who turns Eli in?

7. How is the character of Ulises Garcia introduced in Chapter Fifty-seven? What is Ulises’s objective?

8. Where is Eli working in 1864? How is his home described in Chapter Forty-nine?

9. What are Jeanne’s perceptions of the “Honey Hunt” she attends in Chapter Fifty-three?

10. Why do you think that Maria tells Peter about the curse on the Garcia family in Chapter Forty-two?

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 character of Martin McCullough in the novel. How old is Martin when the McCullough homestead is raided? What kind of relationship do Martin and Eli have? How are Martin and Eli different in their responses to captivity by the Indians?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting that is established in Chapter One of The Son. Where and when was Eli McCullough born? How does he describe the world that he grew up in? What are some examples of imagery from the chapter that help to develop a tone surrounding this setting? What influence does this setting have on Eli’s character?

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