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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 drives Hank and Lee home?
2. What is Viv massaging into Lee's back?
3. How does Hank react to Willard's death?
4. Where does Henry stop off to kill time?
5. What do Lee and Hank both comment on in their narratives?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way are the Canadian geese in both Hank and Lee's thoughts?
2. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 9.
3. Why is Simone so happy?
4. Describe Willard's phone call to Hank.
5. What is Willard Eggleston's situation?
6. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 11.
7. Describe Hank's time at the Snag.
8. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 6, Part 2.
9. Why does Hank not want Joe-Ben to shoot the geese?
10. Describe what happens at the Snag in Chapter 6, Part 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel is set mostly in the state of Oregon.
1) What meaning does Oregon bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Oregon?
2) How different do you think today's Oregon is to the Oregon in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Oregon?
Essay Topic 2
Pick a character from the novel and discuss his goals and motives. Does he achieve his motive? Why? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 3
Look at the structure of the novel.
1) How does Kesey use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
3) Away from the main characters, Hank and Lee, examine the way Kesey uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story? What effect do they have on the main characters?
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