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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 do the Main Character, the Girlfriend and the person who comes to pick up the cat discuss early in Chapter 24?

2. What does the Main Character do just before leaving the villa for the last time?

3. Whom is the Kipper referred to in the name of Chapter 24?

4. What does the Main Character discover when he wakes up in Chapter 33?

5. What does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Dolphin Hotel.

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

3. Do the Girlfriend's ears help the quest while staying at the Dolphin Hotel?

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

5. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.

6. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

7. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism in A Wild Sheep Chase sends many messages involving themes like alienation, authority, and transformation. Select three items of symbolism and for each:

1) Describe what theme or idea they symbolize.

2) Analyze the use of that object to send a message at that point in the novel.

3) Relate the object to the author's use of surrealism in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What events in A Wild Sheep Chase are most important in changing the Main Character's perception of the importance of friendship and relationships? Refer to specific incidences and outcomes to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Is the Main Character a strong person? Support your answer with specifics from A Wild Sheep Chase.

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