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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. Why do Abe and Ethan come out of their office?

2. What is Dawson City nicknamed?

3. How does the crowd feel when the person in question #113 makes it through the rapids?

4. Who first found gold in the area?

5. What part of the caribou does Jason take?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the option in question #45 work out for Jason?

2. What does Jason know he must do at the river and how does King help him?

3. What do Jason and Charlie do in spite of their dire situation and what does Jason then decide to do about their situation?

4. What does Jason worry about at the lake and what does he decide he has to have?

5. How does Jason's initial attempt to see Jamie go?

6. What arrives with May and what happens to the cabin where Jason and Charlie have been staying?

7. What is Jason trying to hide from Charlie and when Charlie discovers it what does the boy realize? What is Jason's response?

8. How does Jason meet Charlie?

9. What significant day is coming up in Chapter 22 and how is that time of year affecting the people in the area?

10. What happens when Jason is at the bear cave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

"Jason's Gold" belongs to the young adult adventure genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult adventure genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a Mainstream novel and a young adult adventure novel?

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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