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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 strategy do the Girlfriend and the Main Character come up with for hunting the sheep?

2. On what basis do the Girlfriend and the Main Character select a hotel to stay in?

3. What does the person who agrees to pick up the Main Character and the Girlfriend at 8:00 the next morning in Chapter 31 warn him?

4. What best describes the Sheep Professor?

5. What happened to the Sheep Professor in 1935?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does the Sheep Man give for the Girlfriend's disappearance?

2. What is the importance of time to the characters in Chapter 24?

3. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?

4. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?

5. Explain how the Sheep Professor came to his current state of being.

6. Describe the Dolphin Hotel.

7. Why does the Main Character feel that he is being used as a pawn?

8. Why is the Sheep able to control the Rat?

9. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?

10. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The labels used instead of names send strong messages about the characters in A Wild Sheep Chase. Select three characters and analyze the message sent by the label given by the author. Explain how the story would be different if names were used.

Essay Topic 2

A Wild Sheep Chase sends a message about mediocrity and authority. Explain the connection between the two themes and the characters in the novel. Describe which characters represent mediocrity, rising above it and authority and its use or abuse. Analyze the message the author is trying to send.

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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