The Great Alone Quiz

Kristin Hannah

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

“The ocean … sprayed up and landed like wet kisses on their skin” (269). Which type of imagery is this? (from Chapters 17-19)

Personification.

Simile.

Hyperbole.

Metaphor.

2.

Leni, through the narrator, interjects that Matthew can be certain of the college plan “because he knew how to dream and to believe” (258). Which word best describes this character trait in Matthew? (from Chapters 17-19)

Optimism.

Positivism.

Naïveté.

Blind faith.

3.

Why does Tom Walker decide to fix up the boarding house as well as the saloon? (from Chapters 12-13)

To publicly humiliate Ernt.

In honor of his mother, who made the stained glass windows in its lobby.

In honor of Geneva, who always wanted it fixed.

So tourists have somewhere to stay.

4.

What does Leni’s suggestion that they burn down the Allbright cabin symbolize? (from Chapters 30-31)

Rebirth.

Memory.

Redemption.

Forgiveness.

5.

Even if Leni and Cora had not hidden Ernt’s body, they were in serious danger. Why? (from Chapters 23-26)

1970s law does not recognize domestic violence as justification for self-defense.

There are no witnesses to Ernt’s violence, so Cora cannot claim self-defense.

Ernt kept Cora and Leni so isolated that they have no identification documents.

Cora shot Ernt in the back, so she cannot claim self-defense.

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