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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. Where do Hank, Lou, and Jacob go after leaving the bar in Chapter Six?

2. Where does Hank go to turn off the lights in the end of Chapter Six?

3. Hank reminds Jacob that he's responsible for whose actions in Chapter Four?

4. Who is Lou's landlord?

5. How were Hank's parents killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sarah's motivations begin to evolve in Chapter Four? What does this indicate?

2. Where does Hank stow some of the money in Chapter Three? How does he hide the fact from Jacob?

3. What plan does Sarah develop for Lou in Chapter Five? Why?

4. What does Hank find inside the crashed plane in Chapter One?

5. Why does Jacob cry in Chapter Three? What argument ensues between Jacob and Hank?

6. How do Hank and Jacob effectively set Lou up in Chapter Six?

7. What decision does Hank come to about Penderson in Chapter Three? Why?

8. Who do Hank, Lou and Jacob encounter when they return to the truck in Chapter One?

9. Why does Hank call Jacob in the morning of Chapter Three?

10. What does Jacob ask Hank and Carl when he emerges from the truck in Chapter One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Hank, Lou, and Jacob's actions and objectives in taking Lou to Wrangler's in Chapter Six. What does Hank hope will come of the setup? What are Jacob's hopes for the situation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in the novel. How does Jacob's bear represent family symbolically in Chapter Five?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the author Scott Bechtel Smith. For what major works is Smith most known? What screenplays has the author adapted and/or written?

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