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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 does Jason pick to eat to prevent scurvy?
2. Who has saved Jason when he is injured by the bull moose?
3. Who first found gold in the area?
4. Why is Jack looking poorly?
5. Why does Jason decide to hunt bear?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jason meet Charlie?
2. What significant day is coming up in Chapter 22 and how is that time of year affecting the people in the area?
3. How does Jason find the bear?
4. How does Jason's decision about paddling work out and what does he near at the end of Chapter 14?
5. What does Jason worry about at the lake and what does he decide he has to have?
6. What arrives with May and what happens to the cabin where Jason and Charlie have been staying?
7. Where does Jason finally arrive in Chapter 14, how long does he stay and how many caribou are there?
8. How do the boys pass the time and what is learned about Henderson's story?
9. What is Homer's last poem at Dawson City about and what does Jamie say to Jason about possibilities in the future?
10. How does the option in question #45 work out for Jason?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Jason's Gold is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Something in Hawthorn breaks when he sees the man drowning his dogs. Hawthorn feels that by standing by silent he is in some way responsible for the dogs' deaths. It is clear to Hawthorn that something has happened to the man, that Klondicitis has caused him to lose his senses just like many others. Hawthorn begins to wonder if he has lost his mind.
1. Do you think Jason is correct that he is responsible for the dogs' deaths if he does nothing to stop them? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think a student who sees something wrong being done by other students is as guilty as the student doing the act? Why or why not? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.
3. There are studies that show that many people who hear or see an act of violence taking place ignore it, to the extent of not even calling 911 on a cell phone. What do you think are the reasons people ignore violence? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.
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