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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. Whose phone number does the Limo Driver say he has?

2. Where does the bar owner suggest that the Main Character stay while he is in town?

3. What does the Strange Man want the Main Character to tell him in Chapter 17?

4. Who tells the Main Character about a sheep in Chapter 6?

5. What do the Main Character and his guest do together in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the slip in Chapter 3?

2. What is the importance of the Whale's Penis?

3. Does the Main Character want to go on the mission for the sheep?

4. How does the Strange Man continue to threaten the Main Character in Chapter 22?

5. Why does the ex-wife not want the Main Character to deliver her belongings to her new home?

6. Does the Main Character flaunt the authority of the Strange Man?

7. Describe the relationship between the Main Character and his ex-wife.

8. What is revealed about the Main Character through his conversations with J and the Rat's female friend?

9. Is the Main Character a proactive or a reactive person?

10. Describe the Main Character's efforts to connect with others in Chapters 19 through 21.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Main Character goes through an awakening during the course of A Wild Sheep Chase. Analyze this awakening with specific events from the story. Consider symbolism, setting and relationships used to further the character development.

Essay Topic 2

The mystical quality of the novel is enhanced by the power of certain characters that drive the plot in specific directions.

1) Is the Main Character helped on his journey in A Wild Sheep Chase by divine guidance or is he merely a pawn of the Strange Man?

2) How would the story be different without the girlfriend?

Essay Topic 3

Both the Rat and the Main Character are weak men who undergo transformations during the story.

1) By the end of A Wild Sheep Chase, do you consider the Main Character or the Rat to be the better person?

2) Which character undergoes the greater transformation?

3) If the Rat had come out of this situation alive, what do you think his relationship to the Main Character would be like?

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