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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 Viv make for them to drink?

2. Who is Lee's father?

3. What is the name of the young man involved in the explosion?

4. Who makes curses on the Stampers?

5. What is the name of the main family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lee describe in his narration in Chapter 6, Part 1?

2. In what way are the Stampers restless?

3. Why is Lee angry with Hank in Chapter 5?

4. With what story about Hank does the chapter open?

5. What happens to the bobcats?

6. How do Hank and Viv meet?

7. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 5.

8. What characters does the opening of chapter 5 examine?

9. What does Jonas' note to Hank say?

10. Describe the prologue that begins Chapter 2.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sometime a Great Notion is an influential novel. Choose a book written after Sometimes a Great Notion that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss their similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 2

Identify moments in the book that are dictated by the strike.

1) How far-reaching is the strike is on the local community? Does it affect areas outside the community as well?

2) Choose a character in the novel and find out how the strike affects and restricts that character's decisions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of 1960's America.

1) Why were individuality and family such an important issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? Do you think America was going through a transitional phase in the 1960's? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960's America?

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