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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. In Story 2, where does the narrator meet the "first man"?
2. Who is Tim Bishop?
3. What does the Salesman hit with his car causing a severe accident in Story 1?
4. At the end of Story 5, the narrator says, "Your husband will beat you with a(n) ________ and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my ________."
5. What time does the car accident in Story 1 occur?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Wayne? Describe his relationship with the narrator in Story 5.
2. Discuss the narrator's relationship with the three women in Story 5.
3. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.
4. What does the term "sacrifice" refer to when Wayne says, "It is my sacrifice" after the narrator offers to buy a round of beers at The Vine.
5. In Story 2, what three stops does the narrator's new companion have the narrator make? What occurs at each of the three stops?
6. The most telling image is the one quoted in Story 1 that of the narrator being showered with human blood. What does being "showered with human blood" represent?
7. Who is Richard and Tom? Discuss the friendship the narrator has with these two men.
8. Describe Dundun's violence against Jack Hotel as described by the narrator in Story 4.
9. While working with Wayne at the abandoned house, what is the narrator and Wayne distracted by? Who is this person?
10. Discuss the mini-theme of the randomness of existence as seen in Story 1.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the ending of Jesus' Son. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the book.
Essay Topic 2
Present arguments for and against Jesus' Son's relevance for a person around the same age as the narrator living in 1973.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that explains the symbolic value of the broken brakes on the narrator's car, as referred to in Story 2: "Two Men" and Story 4: "Dundun." What actions, circumstances, and attitudes not only in those two stories but in the collection as a whole are represented?
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