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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 will Jason have to do if he takes the outfit?

2. What does Jason think is a daunting sight when Jason first sees them?

3. Why are many of the people Jason meets heading back to Skagway going there?

4. Where do three sailors dump Jason?

5. How long does it take Jason to get home from New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jason learn at Mrs. Beal's boarding house that stuns him?

2. Where and with whom does Jason eat the day he meets Frank Barker?

3. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13, what does he get and what does he do with it?

4. What does Jason encounter on his way towards Chilkoot and what does he wish about the crowds?

5. Why is Jason feeling pressured, what are some people going to do about the pressure and how does Jason feel about doing that?

6. What does Jason know about his brothers?

7. On what date is Jason Hawthorn hawking papers, where is he, what is the big news and what does Jason want to have the opportunity to do?

8. What does Jason think could stand in his way besides the weather?

9. Who are Homer and Jamie Dunavant and what is their story?

10. What does Jason find out when he arrives in Bennett and what does he wonder about as far as what to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Jason's Gold" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Jason's Gold" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if "Jason's Gold" is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that "Jason's Gold" is primarily for entertainment changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Jason's Gold".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Jason's Gold". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Jason's Gold". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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