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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 gift does Jacob bring Sarah and the baby in Chapter Five?

2. Where does Hank go to turn off the lights in the end of Chapter Six?

3. Whom does Hank call to say that they have to return to the plane to be certain they didn't overlook anything in Chapter Three?

4. What bar do Hank, Lou, and Jacob go to in Chapter Six?

5. Who remains in the car while Hank hikes to the plane in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Hank find Sarah in the morning of Chapter Three?

2. What does Jacob ask Hank and Carl when he emerges from the truck in Chapter One?

3. What does Hank feel about his brother's future in Chapter Five? Why does he change his mind?

4. What conversation do Jacob and Hank have about their parents in Chapter Five?

5. When and how did Hank's parents die?

6. What argument does Hank, Lou and Jacob each make for what to do with the money in Chapter One?

7. Why does Jacob cry in Chapter Three? What argument ensues between Jacob and Hank?

8. What does Hank resolve to do if he is threatened with being caught in Chapter One? How much money is in the bag?

9. Whom does Hank find Jacob talking with when he returns to the car in Chapter Three?

10. Why does Hank call Jacob in the morning of Chapter Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe examples of foreshadowing from the text. How does Hank's discovery of the machete and farming manual represent foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in the novel. How does Jacob's bear represent family symbolically in Chapter Five?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Dwight Penderson in the narrative and his role in the plot of the novel. Why did Penderson approach Jacob?

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