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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. For what does Hattie give five dollars?
2. How does Hattie describe Plug?
3. What does Taft say might be a problem in the community?
4. What does Hattie find when she rides over to the Mueller homestead?
5. Who comes from the barn as Hattie returns from the fields?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Hattie's two animals like?
2. Why do Chase and Mattie not stop in for their customary biscuits at Hattie's one day, and what does Hattie do?
3. How does Hattie defuse Traft's aggression towards Mr. Saboe?
4. Who helps Hattie in the field the next day and how does he respond to her thanks?
5. Describe the interaction between Traft and Hattie on April 2.
6. How does Hattie find a small source of income for herself?
7. What happens when Hattie is sixteen that jeopardizes her finishing school?
8. How does Hattie make use of her petticoat that her aunt Ivy always insisted upon her wearing?
9. What does the letter from Hattie's uncle Chester say?
10. What is Hattie's newest challenge in homesteading, and how has Uncle Chester helped?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Kirby Larson.
2. What in Kirby Larson's background may have helped her in writing "Hattie Big Sky"? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Hattie Big Sky". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Larson chooses the symbols she does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in "Hattie Big Sky". Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Larson chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Larson's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Larson use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme.)
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Hattie Big Sky", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement.) Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "Hattie Big Sky". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot.) Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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