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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 happens after Håkan kills 6 of the pillagers with his gun?
2. What part of Håkan's body act as the only part that reminds him of his former self?
3. Håkan is about to leave the store in town when he sees what kind of visual representation of his own face on the wall?
4. What item does Håkan remember that he has left behind in the village?
5. How "many mornings" after the caravan boy's accident does Jarvis announce the caravan will be taking a "cutoff" (125)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What act does Håkan describe as the kindest service anyone has ever done for him?
2. Describe the way in which Håkan views the event he consistently calls "the killings" (130) throughout the narrative.
3. How does Håkan feel when he discovers a rocking chair in the middle of the wilderness?
4. What is the significance of the wooden dresser Håkan finds in the desert?
5. What skills inherited from Lorimer does Håkan put to use at the scene of the wagon accident?
6. Why are the onlookers at the wagon accident at first unwilling to accept Håkan's help?
7. Håkan believes what action to be impossible in relation to the men killed by his own hand?
8. What item does Håkan attempt to procure from the people traveling in the caravan train and what is the outcome?
9. Which of the five senses does Håkan most strongly associate with the presence of humans?
10. What characteristic of Asa makes a deep impression on Håkan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of isolation treated within In the Distance and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Diaz’s novel In the Distance. What message is Diaz sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of hope within In the Distance. What is Diaz’s message regarding hope and how do you know?
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