Cities of the Plain Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cities of the Plain Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Billy go to retrieve for John Grady only to find him dead upon his return?

2. What does John Grady do after identifying Magdalena's dead body?

3. Who does Billy call and tell to not allow John Grady to leave after Magdalena is murdered?

4. Where does Billy go after confronting Eduardo about Magdalena's murder?

5. Where does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say he went to just before waking up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are John Grady and Billy able to coerce their horses to go to the top of the mesa?

2. How does Magdalena end up in a hospital?

3. How is Eduardo killed?

4. How do the cowboys inadvertently break the necks of some wild dogs they track in Chapter 3?

5. How does Magdalena react when a woman offers to help her after she escapes from the hospital?

6. How is John Grady and Eduardo's knife fight described?

7. How are Billy's actions described when he goes to the White Lake after Magdalena's death?

8. What is the nature of the information John Grady tells Billy just before he dies?

9. What happens when Magdalena has a seizure while she is with a client in Chapter 3?

10. Why does the blind man refuse John Grady's request that he be Magdalena's godfather?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of having conversations in the book. What important role does John Grady's conversations with others, especially Mr. Johnson, have in our ability to better define the nature of his character and what motivates him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of sacrifice that is presented in the book. Why does John Grady decide to sacrifice everything he has in order to have Magdalena, and what can we learn about the nature of his character based on his acts of sacrifice?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's portrayal of the concept of escape in the book. What symbolic meaning might the author wish for Magdalena and John Grady's attempts at escaping their own reality?

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