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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. To which tribe does Barclay’s mother belong?

2. Lloyd loses a son to which of the following?

3. Who is the author of Archangel?

4. Which of the following schools does Hadley note attending?

5. How many horses does Gone-to-the-Spirits take in his first raid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings the Brayfogles through Missoula?

2. What reasons does Hadley cite for having taken up with Oliver to begin with?

3. What reason does Hadley cite for leaving Oliver?

4. At Addison’s trial, what theory is advanced for the destruction of his ship?

5. What reasons does Hugo cite for asking Hadley not to have a meltdown?

6. What reasons are reported for Lena hunting via rifle rather than trap?

7. What childhood reaction to Marian’s logbook does Hadley report to Hugo?

8. What does Marian note is the “great unifying thesis” of Marx’s teaching (184)?

9. What reason does Annabel give for refusing to bathe after the birth of her twin children?

10. How does Hadley describe glowworms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jamie is reported to comment that “Some people are rotten inside, and the rottenness will never go away” (137). Does the novel bear out the comment? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Hadley makes the following comment: "The fantasy, I said to Oliver [after watching a movie], is that you—you, Joe Moviegoer—might also possess extraordinary powers and not even know it, or you might at any moment be transformed into someone who does. But the fantasy is also about containment. Ungovernable forces come to roost inside heroic human bodies or are shrunk down and carted around in vials and briefcases. The end of everything is held inside a tiny ball of light" (107).

Does the novel confirm or deny the assertion made in the comment? How does it do so? To what effect?

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Great Circle do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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