We the Animals Test | Final Test - Hard

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We the Animals Test | Final Test - Hard

Justin Torres
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 213 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. Why are there no children at the park according to the narrator when they arrive in Chapter 13, DUCKS?

2. What subject is Manny always trying to teach the narrator and Joel about as brought up in Chapter 16, WASN'T NO ONE TO STOP US?

3. What is the subject of the video in the museum, where the narrator is dropped off at in Chapter 17: NIAGARA?

4. Why does Paps think it is Manny's idea for the brothers escape and sleep away from home in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

5. What do the brothers use to make kites in Chapter 15, TRASH KITES?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author's choice to intertwine the narrator's episode in the locker room while watching the pornographic video contribute to uncover the narrator's notion of sexuality?

2. What doubts does the narrator have about why he wrote his personal longings in his journal?

3. How do you know that the narrator and the bus driver have a sexual encounter? (Provide a quote.)

4. How does Ma react when she returns home to find the hole in the backyard?

5. Why might the brothers claim to be "Ma's Militia" (80) in Chapter 14, TRENCH?

6. How does Paps comment about the narrator's dancing: "Goddamn, I got me a pretty one" (102) contribute to your understanding of Paps understanding of his son?

7. What does Manny's dream about kites represent for the brothers and their futures? Provide a quote that shows your reasoning.

8. What do you believe is Ma's original intention when she takes the brothers to the park? How does the reader know that?

9. In Chapter 15, TRASH KITES, how does the reader know that the narrator feels differently from his brother Joel about watching Manny be beaten by Paps? What does this say about the narrator as a character?

10. What does the narrator claim is the closest to being "made" he has ever been while hiding in the bus station bathroom? What does this exploit reveal about the narrator's secret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the brothers are standing on the loading dock toward the end of the novel, the narrator begins to show aggressive and judgmental opinions of his brothers. The narrator does not state thoughts like this until the very end, so it comes as a surprise how angry he is about his brothers' identities and behaviors. Investigate the narrator's thoughts of his brothers and explain why the narrator cracks at the end and has such a drastic change of attitude.

Essay Topic 2

The Old Man shares an analogy with the brothers about locusts that the narrator has trouble deciphering. The narrator ends the Chapter speculating, "And the other locusts, what's wrong with them, why do they come last, and what's left for them to eat?" (38). How does this quote fit the narrator's view on his own fears about identity and belonging? What does this explanation of this chain of events represent in the greater themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

In reference to the narrator asking Paps about the caged light in Chapter 6, NIGHT WATCH, on the ride home from Paps' work, the brothers incessantly ask Paps if he has the capability of unlocking and freeing the light. How does this interrogation from all three brothers show their concern about Paps' power? What is a possible relation to this conversation and the brothers' own futures and potential?

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