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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. How much money does Silas's nephew offer the slave for sex?

2. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?

3. Whom does Uther Botkin's slave wish could help her with the planting, but can't because he is in jail?

4. Whom does Samuel Gatewood have help Uther Botkin's family after the death of his wife?

5. What is the name of the horse that Duncan has had since he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catesby write to his wife Leona about from Camp Bartow, Virginia?

2. What is Jesse's new job in Part III, Chapter 31, at the hospital?

3. How much money is Silas going to sell Maggie for as incentive for Ellam to treat her with some respect until time for the sale?

4. While attending church, what does Opal beg Jack to do for her?

5. What happens to Alexander during his first time in battle?

6. How does Opal help Uther Botkin with his daughter and his farm?

7. Why is Alexander called into the office of the acting keeping at the penitentiary in Part II, Chapter 18?

8. Why is the woman at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 1, traveling the countryside?

9. What does the prison keeper tell Sallie about Alexander during one of her visits with Cousin Molly?

10. What happens to Uther Botkin's wife, Martha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silas Omohundru has a certain view about how slaves should be treated that is comparable to Samuel Gatewood's view. Compare Silas Omohundru to Samuel Gatewood, analyzing how each treats slaves and each one's view on slavery in general. Who cares more about how slaves are actually treated in relation to their feelings? Does Samuel think of slaves as actual human beings with feelings? Why? How does Silas's treatment of his slaves compare to Samuel's?

Essay Topic 2

Marguerite and Silas's relationship has quickly changed and grown into something more. In fact, Silas treats Jacob, Marguerite's child, as if he were his own. Analyze Silas and Marguerite's relationship and discuss how it changes throughout the novel. How do Silas and Marguerite meet? How does Marguerite really feel about Silas? Is she just using him for money? How does Silas really feel about Marguerite? Why is Marguerite worried about having a child with Silas?

Essay Topic 3

Marguerite tells many stories of several different characters throughout the story. This is a literary device that writers use called a story-within-a-story. Explore the author's use of the literary device story-within-a-story in the novel "Jacob's Ladder". Is the author using stories-within-a-story to give it a more historical feel? Or is the author using stories-within-a-story to give background about particular characters or events? How is this literary device effective in the novel "Jacob's Ladder"?

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