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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. When Håkan leaves the store, he encounters how many armed men in the street?
2. Håkan at first considers the town he enters to be what kind of object between him and his goal of reaching New York?
3. What is the first part of Håkan's body he always looks at when he looks at a reflective surface?
4. Håkan is about to leave the store in town when he sees what kind of visual representation of his own face on the wall?
5. In what location does Håkan last recall seeing his own face?
Short Essay Questions
1. What characteristic of Asa makes a deep impression on Håkan?
2. Describe the way in which Håkan views the event he consistently calls "the killings" (130) throughout the narrative.
3. Describe an instance when a literary device is used in conjunction with the motif of violence.
4. What is Håkan's main fear when he enters the first town he has visited since the killings occurred?
5. Describe the way in which Håkan first meets Asa.
6. Why are the onlookers at the wagon accident at first unwilling to accept Håkan's help?
7. What experience does Håkan have for the first time in the company of Asa?
8. What skills inherited from Lorimer does Håkan put to use at the scene of the wagon accident?
9. For what reason does Håkan miss his first sign that he may be in danger when he reaches his first town since the killings?
10. What method does Håkan employ once he decides to avoid all future encounters with other humans?
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
Analyze In the Distance from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
Determine the ways in which Diaz’s novel In the Distance displays the characteristics of the literary style of Naturalism.
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