American Rust Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Philipp Meyer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

American Rust Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Philipp Meyer
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaac use to commit the murder in Book One?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A ball bearing.
(d) A gun.

2. How does Isaac make his way out of town when he first disappears in Book Two?
(a) On foot.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By taxi.

3. What word from Book One refers to the path followed by a flying object moving under the action of given forces?
(a) Moratorium.
(b) Appenditure.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Trajectory.

4. How did Isaac try to kill himself?
(a) By gas inhalation.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By overdose.
(d) By drowning.

5. Whom does Poe tell Lee is responsible for the murder in Book Two?
(a) Himself.
(b) Grace.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee describe her marriage in Book One?

2. Who is Bud Harris's young partner?

3. How does Isaac escape when he and Poe are initially confronted by the vagrants in the car factory?

4. Who among the drifters at the car factory is described as an old man?

5. Who steps up as an eyewitness that claims he can identify the murderer in Book Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the murder in Book One influence the characters of Isaac and Poe?

2. What takes place in Grace Poe's narrative in Book Two?

3. How does the theme of fatalism apply to Grace and Billy Poe in Book One?

4. What does Poe reveal to Lee about the murder in Book Two? How does she respond?

5. How does the theme of fatalism apply to Henry and Lee English in the novel?

6. Where does Isaac plan to travel in Book One? Why?

7. What internal conflicts does Poe face in the beginning of Book Two?

8. Where does Isaac encounter the teenage thugs in Book Two? What happens when he encounters them?

9. What political struggles and conflicts plague Bud Harris in Book Two?

10. Where do Isaac and Poe encounter the three drifters in Book One? Who are the drifters and how are they described?

(see the answer keys)

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