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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. Who does Lonnie swerve to let pass him?
2. What happens to Hermy?
3. What does the preacher say about Granddad?
4. Why does Granddad wake up Lonnie very early?
5. What does Lonnie decide to do after talking with Hud?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lonnie do with his rifle and why, and how does Hud react?
2. How is Hud when he arrives home and why is he angry?
3. What do Lonnie, Jesse and Halmea do and what makes Halmea laugh so hard?
4. What does Lonnie hear and what does he think?
5. Who does Hud send for help and what happens as Lonnie is by the roadside?
6. To what does Hud confess?
7. What does Lonnie do and think about after the church service?
8. What does Lonnie do in response to what Hud tells him?
9. How is Granddad acting when Hud and Lonnie go up to him?
10. What is wrong with the porch?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Alcohol plays an active role in determining the behavior of several of the characters at one point or another in the book. Discuss the following:
1. What is alcoholism?
2. Do you think Hud is an alcoholic? What about Jesse?
3. Is there a time that Lonnie uses alcohol unwisely? Could this be a red flag for Lonnie as to the possibility that he could become an alcoholic? Why or why not?
4. Do you think Hud would have done the things he did while drunk when he was sober? Why or why not?
5. How does Granddad treat alcohol? Do he have a problem with drinking too much?
6. Would you label alcohol as a protagonist or antagonist? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Texas in the mid 1950's is fertile ground for racism. Discuss one of the following:
1. Research the existence of racism in Texas in the mid 1950s and analyze Horseman, Pass By for its accuracy and/or inaccuracy in its portrayal of racism.
2. Trace and analyze the theme of racism througout Horseman, Pass By. Who are the most obvious racists? Who are perhaps subltly racist? Are any of the characters free of prejudice? Who? Why do you say so?
3. Halmea leaves Texas for Detroit to start a new life. Research racism in the North and write about the type of racism Halmea is likely to encounter up north. Write a paper comparing racism in the North to that which occurs in Horseman, Pass By.
Essay Topic 3
Hud cannot forgive Granddad for not helping Hud avoid the draft during WWII. Discuss the following:
1. Discuss what Hud says about Granddad and WWII.
2. Do you think Granddad is right or wrong in refusing to help Hud stay out of the war?
3. What do you think Granddad's motives were in not helping Hud stay out of the war?
4. Do you think Hud uses Granddad's action about WWII as an excuse to behave the way he does to Granddad?
5. Why do you think Hud wanted to avoid going to war? Is it understandable? Is a person who does not want to go to war a coward? Are there honorable reasons for not being willing to become a soldier and go to war?
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