View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Julia?
(a) Harold's wife.
(b) JB's aunt.
(c) Malcolm's sister.
(d) Jude's former social worker.

2. Whose parents own a house on Martha's Vineyard?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) Willem.
(c) JB.
(d) Jude.

3. In hopes of progressing in his career, JB gets a job as a receptionist at what kind of establishment?
(a) An art magazine office.
(b) A hair salon.
(c) A law office.
(d) A medical office.

4. Which of Willem's family members dies first?
(a) Sven.
(b) His mother.
(c) Hemming.
(d) His father.

5. What behavior did Jude begin to exhibit after he began to be sexually molested by a priest from whom he had stolen a lighter?
(a) He started to sleep all day and all night.
(b) He had periods of catatonia.
(c) He flew into rages.
(d) He started to plan his escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Jude's college friends do not know much about his childhood, they do know that Jude had no what?

2. What is the name of JB's grandmother?

3. What strategy does Willem adopt during Jude's episodes of extreme pain?

4. For what reason are the lease applicants turned down in the opening scene?

5. The priests tell Jude that they found him in what type of location?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of regret appear within A Little Life?

2. In what way is the theme of acquiescence included in the first part of A Little Life?

3. What do the coupons in the novel symbolize?

4. Characterize Willem's relationship with his parents prior to their deaths.

5. Characterize the priests' attitudes about Jude's pursuit of knowledge about his own past.

6. In what way is foreshadowing included in relation to Jude's future?

7. What impetus prompts Malcolm to come out to his parents?

8. What happens to necessitate the use of the fire escape?

9. Discuss the socioeconomic gaps present among the group of four friends: Malcolm, JB, Willem, and Jude.

10. What does Willem say in the opening scene when he is asked about his parents and why is it significant?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,329 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample