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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 first found gold in the area?
3. How does the reunion between Jason and his brothers go?
4. What does Jason consider Lake Bennett to be in Chapter 14?
5. What part of the caribou does Jason take?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Jason is at the bear cave?
2. What does Jason notice about the world around him as he is paddling, what does he see for the first time and what does he decide to do?
3. What happens on the river because of the number of people on it and who are on it besides Klondikers?
4. What is Homer's last poem at Dawson City about and what does Jamie say to Jason about possibilities in the future?
5. How does Jason meet Charlie?
6. What arrives with May and what happens to the cabin where Jason and Charlie have been staying?
7. How does Jason find the bear?
8. What mistake does Jason make with a bull moose and what is the result?
9. How does Jason's decision about paddling work out and what does he near at the end of Chapter 14?
10. What does Jason decide is their only option for survival?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hawthorn and Charlie have a breakthrough after the fire goes out. While Hawthorn thought he was taking care of Charlie, Charlie felt as if Hawthorn was telling him that he was useless. Working out the issue brought them much closer and turned their relationship into a productive one with both doing the chores.
1. Why do you think Charlie felt the way he did? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.
2. What lesson might a person learn from this part of the book when dealing with handicapped people they meet in their lives? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.
3. The fact that Jason and Charlie worked on the issue and communicated seems to have cleared up the problem. Do you think most problems between people are the result of lack or or poor communication? Why or why not? Use examples from Jason's Gold and your own life to support your answer.
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
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?
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