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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. What is NOT a subject Lorimer says he had studied in college?
2. What action does Hakan refuse to take throughout most of the journey to America?
3. At one point when Håkan is feverish and delusional, he awakens next to what type of dead animal?
4. Which two sons in Håkan's family die from illness?
5. In what century is the novel In the Distance set?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Håkan feel about his older brother Linus?
2. How is the theme of family bonds demonstrated within Chapter 6?
3. On what type of food does Håkan survive after he escapes from the diseased woman's clutches?
4. In what way does Diaz feature the motif of sound within the scene of the massacre?
5. Describe Håkan's experiences in Clangston.
6. What similarity between Native American and Swedish culture does Håkan identify?
7. Describe Håkan's family situation, as it is depicted once the body of the narrative begins.
8. Describe a time in the narrative when a metaphor is used to indicate a particular mood.
9. Describe the distinctive opening of Chapter 6 and its use of sensory details.
10. How does Håkan finally escape from Clangston?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the topics of affection, love, and friendship treated within the novel In the Distance and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Diaz’s novel In the Distance. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
What message does Diaz send within the pages of In the Distance concerning the theme of compassion?
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