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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 Jesse?
2. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?
3. Catesby writes a letter to his wife in Part III, Chapter 32. What does he tell her has happened to Duncan?
4. Where is Samuel Gatewood's son hit by a bullet during battle?
5. How many months after Uther Botkin's wife gives birth does she die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does a superior officer say to Duncan and his fellow cadets after they rush to get their weapons and regain their honor when the Union cadets pick a fight with them?
2. What is Jesse's new job in Part III, Chapter 31, at the hospital?
3. Why does one of the surgeons, James Lane, ask that all the Union soldiers be taken to another surgeon for the rest of the evening?
4. What happens to Duncan Gatewood when the storm, Cox's Snow, hits?
5. What was Miss Marguerite's name in 1857?
6. Why does Jesse keep trying to run away from the Stratford Plantation?
7. What does the prison keeper tell Sallie about Alexander during one of her visits with Cousin Molly?
8. While attending church, what does Opal beg Jack to do for her?
9. How did Uther Botkin obtain his property that he now lives on?
10. What does Silas do to Ellam when he learns of his treatment of Maggie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the characters in "Jacob's Ladder" have been going through tremendous changes in their lives since the war has begun. Explore the theme of coming of age, and analyze the changes in the different characters.
Part A) What does coming of age mean?
Part B) How can a catastrophic event like the Civil War cause tremendous changes in people?
Part C) How have some of the characters ideals and goals changed? What have the characters learned about themselves and life?
Essay Topic 2
The novel "Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War", is a novel centered around the Civil War. Research and study the Civil War and how it began. How did the Civil War start? What state was the first to secede? What did the soldiers who were in the Civil War have to endure? Why did the Civil War start? How did the soldiers feel at the beginning of the Civil War? Who was the president during the Civil War, for both sides, Union and Confederate?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout "Jacob's Ladder" there are families that grow, families that are torn apart, and families that stick together. Love is what binds these families together and the lack of love is often what tears them apart. Analyze the theme of family and love throughout the novel. How important is the theme of family in the novel? What examples from the book demonstrate how much Samuel's family means to him? What does family mean to Marguerite? Whom does she love?
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