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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 the only customer at the Vine when the narrator arrives in the beginning of Story 5?

2. What does the narrator find inside his car in Story 2?

3. All of the following people are inside the farmhouse in Story 4, except for who?

4. Why is the narrator visiting Dundun in Story 4?

5. In Story 1, who runs a furniture store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the three people the narrator first introduces to the reader at the beginning of Story 1. How does the narrator interact with these three people?

2. Who is McInnes? What has happened to him in Story 4?

3. Define the literary element of foreshadowing. How is this literary element used in Story 1?

4. Who is Richard and Tom? Discuss the friendship the narrator has with these two men.

5. Discuss the scene where the narrator and his friends meet their new companion in Story 2.

6. Describe the character of Jack Hotel. Discuss the interaction he has with the narrator.

7. Describe The Vine as seen in Story 3.

8. Define the literary term of tone. What is the tone of Story 1?

9. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.

10. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the narrator's relationships with the different women in the book. How is each relationship similar and how are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the connection between Story 3: "Out on Bail" and Story 6: "Emergency."

Essay Topic 3

Show how a conventional or stereotyped character or characters found within Jesus' Son function to achieve the author's overall purpose of the book.

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