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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 is the name of the first lake Jason has to cross?

2. What are the names of the man for whom Jason works?

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

4. What does Frank Barker want Jason to do?

5. What does Jason think of the crowds of people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Jason having a difficult time finding a boat?

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

4. What does one have to take to get to Canada and how does Jason manage it?

5. What is in the letter Abraham left for Jason and how is Jason's situation changed by what he learns?

6. How does Jason get a job in Skagway?

7. What does the person in question #21 tell Jason and what does he offer Jason? How does Jason feel about the offer?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by this book. Questions that most likely Hobbs wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Hobbs' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 3

Jason matures and grows throughout the book.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Jason is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Jason's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

3. Discuss the ways that Jason shows changes in his maturity in the book.

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