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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 is the scout that speaks with Saul in Chapter 34?
2. What does Saul use as a puck when he is warming up to play in Chapter 56?
3. What does Saul find calms his rage in Chapter 44?
4. What does Saul’s great-grandfather shake at him before disappearing by horse with his family?
5. What team is Saul playing against when he finally retaliates and throws a punch after getting whacked on the back of the knees?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Saul’s relationship with alcohol begin?
2. Who is Ervin Sift and how does he help Saul?
3. What does Saul open up to Virgil about in Chapter 55?
4. What does Saul feel he needs to learn to do after returning to the New Dawn Centre in Chapter 52?
5. What does Saul think he wants to do, rather than play hockey?
6. Despite the rough treatment, the name calling, and getting spit on why does Saul choose not to fight back?
7. When Saul visits St. Jerome’s, what does he begin to recall about Father Leboutilier?
8. In what ways are Saul’s Marlboro teammates different from Saul?
9. How has Saul changed when playing hockey in Chapter 42?
10. What does Saul see Rebecca Wolf doing before she stabs herself in the Indian Yard?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Saul often feels he is an outsider from the moment his grandmother dies. Write an essay about the times throughout the novel that Saul says he feels he is an outsider and the brief moments he does not feel he is an outsider.
Essay Topic 2
Saul believes he shares his great-grandfather’s gift of having the world speak to him. Analyze the moments throughout Indian Horse when the world spoke to Saul.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing some of the Imagery used in the novel. Find examples that involve each of the five senses. What benefit does using this imagery provide to readers?
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