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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 author's book does the narrator begin reading in Chapter 17?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Henry Farron.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Bill Carroway.

2. What is the name of the bridge where the cab drops off Jack in Chapter 3?
(a) Big Sur.
(b) Raton Bluff.
(c) Raton Canyon.
(d) Tuscan Canyon.

3. What does the narrator write that every woodsman needs in Chapter 9?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) A notebook.
(c) Jello.
(d) Coffee.

4. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?
(a) Bears.
(b) Rattlesnakes.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Bats.

5. What are the black things the narrator sees in the sand in Chapter 3?
(a) Mule dung.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's mother write to tell him in Chapter 11?

2. What poem has McLear recently written in Chapter 19?

3. What is Cody's son's name?

4. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."

5. What does the narrator say he spends nights thinking about the usefulness of in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about himself in the end of Chapter 1?

2. What is Jack's reaction to Cody's disappointment to see him drinking in Chapter 13?

3. What exposition does the narrator relay of Cody's imprisonment in Chapter 13?

4. What is Jack's reaction to learning his cat has died?

5. What does Jack recall of George Baso in Chapter 15?

6. What in Chapter 3 is an example of foreshadowing?

7. In what ways does the narrator reflect upon the history of Big Sur in Chapter 7?

8. Who arrives in Chapter 5? How does Jack's perspective change after this visit?

9. Where is Jack in the beginning of the novel? What were his initial plans and why did they change?

10. What "sign" does Jack speak of in Chapter 10 and why?

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