View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Jason not imagine about not going on?

2. What will Jason have to do if he takes the outfit?

3. What did Jason's father say he would never be?

4. What is Jason's hometown?

5. What does Jason wonder when he prepares to leave again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon what ship is Jason stowed away on, what does he hear and what can he not know because of the noise?

2. What does Jason learn at Mrs. Beal's boarding house that stuns him?

3. What does Jason find out when he arrives in Bennett and what does he wonder about as far as what to do?

4. How does Jason keep himself going and what do some people he meets want to know about his dog?

5. Why would the problem in question #29 stand in Jason's way? What does Jason wonder about himself?

6. What does one have to take to get to Canada and how does Jason manage it?

7. Why is Jason feeling pressured, what are some people going to do about the pressure and how does Jason feel about doing that?

8. What kind of fantasy does Jason think about and what does he think his brothers will do about the news?

9. What is in the letter Abraham left for Jason and how is Jason's situation changed by what he learns?

10. What does Jason use his earnings for and why does he end up collapsed on the trail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Jason's Gold" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if "Jason's Gold" is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that "Jason's Gold" is primarily for entertainment changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Jason's Gold", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Jason's Gold".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Jason's Gold". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Jason's Gold". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,100 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample