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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 type of station do the Main Character and the Girlfriend go to in Chapter 24?

2. Where does the visitor to the villa tell the Main Character that the Rat is located?

3. Who starts speaking to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38?

4. Why does the caretaker admit that he will not take the Main Character and the Girlfriend any further up the mountain road?

5. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend observe as they go further up the mountain road?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?

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

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

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

6. What indicates that the Main Character's journey to Junitaki may be a hazardous one?

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

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

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

10. How does the Main Character react to the Girlfriend's sudden disappearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 28, the Caretaker tells the Main Character that is easy to care for 200 sheep because they are cooperative and want to be led. How does this statement work as a metaphor for the mediocrity of humanity in A Wild Sheep Chase? Write an analytical response using support from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Which chapter names are the best and the worst in A Wild Sheep Chase? Support your answer with a discussion of the effect of the title as it relates to themes and literary styles that may include foreshadowing, symbolism, character growth, plot development or anything else you find important to the story.

Essay Topic 3

Imagine that A Wild Sheep Chase is told from a strictly historical perspective rather that with the surreal quality. In other words, that science is used to explain any mystical events in the novel. How would this impact the message of the story, the growth of the characters and the experience of the readers? Do you feel this could be effectively accomplished?

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