Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lewis tell Ed when Ed goes into the river to pull him out of the water after Bobby's and his canoe overturned?
2. How does the Highway Patrolman react to the made-up story?
3. What does Ed notice in the middle of the night as he rests in the crevice of the cliff he's climbing?
4. What does Ed see as the one thing they can use to their advantage against the man trying to kill them?
5. What does Drew want to do with the body of the man Lewis killed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Music is one way of creating powerful, emotional connections to places, people, and events. In the story, guitar music played during the trip is one way James Dickey evokes a sense of the rural South. Discuss what kind of guitar music the author chose for this story, where in the novel the playing of music was used, and what effect hearing that music had on the listeners. Discuss some other ways James Dickey evoked a sense of the rural South. Cite scenes where he used those other methods to enhance the mood.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the following options to write about:
1) Throughout the book, contrasts are made between the suburban lifestyle of the four main characters and the lifestyle of the inhabitants of the rural South where the trip takes place. Compare and contrast these two lifestyles as described in the book. Tell why you think the author chose these two groups to portray in his novel.
2) Discuss James Dickey's choice of the rural South as a setting for his novel. Tell what you think led him to choose this setting. Explain why and how his choice of place works well for this story or why you think it does not. Imagine the story with a different setting. Tell how that different setting might change the outcome of the story.
Essay Topic 3
The four men who embark on the canoe trip are representative of typical suburban men of the seventies. Write a few paragraphs about the following:
1) Describe a typical suburban man of the seventies.
2) Compare and contrast that man with a typical suburban man of today. Explain the differences and similarities.
3) The story is set in the South. Would the men have differed from men from similar suburbs in the North? If so, describe what those differences would be.
|
This section contains 556 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
