Jesus' Son: Stories Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Jesus' Son: Stories Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 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 happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?

2. The "second man" in Story 8 tells the narrator that he lied and that he is actually from ________.

3. The narrator indicates that the two men he sees at the hospital in Story 8 were brought together by common ________.

4. What is the movie about that the Story 7 narrator watches at the abortion clinic?

5. What embarrassing moment does the narrator of Story 9 remember happening to him at the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator searching for in Seattle in Story 9? What does he recall about this person?

2. Discuss the significance of the two men at the hospital the narrator sees in Story 8.

3. What happens when the narrator goes to visit a pair of friends in Story 8?

4. What is the irony behind the title of the story "Happy Hour"?

5. What role does Terrence play in Story 6? How do the other characters in the story handle Terrence's situation?

6. In what way is the title "Emergency" a direct metaphor of the narrator's life in Story 6?

7. What is the relevance of picketers standing outside the abortion clinic in Story 7?

8. Discuss the irony behind Bill seeing the victims of a car crash as "just meat."

9. How did Bill receive his bullet holes? How do these bullet holes haunt Bill?

10. Briefly describe the "second man" in Story 8.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the theme of tension between desperation and compassion contributes to the meaning of Jesus' Son as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the significance of the books title, Jesus' Son. How is the title developed throughout the book? What literary devices does the author use to develop the title?

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