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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. Where is the narrator at the beginning of Story 1?
2. According to the narrator in Story 1, who was snoring loudly and rudely after the car accident?
3. How old is the narrator's child in Story 2?
4. The narrator states that ________ is like a railroad club car that had somehow run itself off the tracks into a swamp of time where it awaited the blows of the wrecking ball.
5. What is the narrator holding when he stops a semi-truck after the accident in Story 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Story 2, what three stops does the narrator's new companion have the narrator make? What occurs at each of the three stops?
2. Discuss the mini-theme of the randomness of existence as seen in Story 1.
3. Who is Wayne? Describe his relationship with the narrator in Story 5.
4. Define the literary element of foreshadowing. How is this literary element used in Story 1?
5. Who is McInnes? What has happened to him in Story 4?
6. Discuss comical irony which is found in Story 2.
7. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?
8. Describe the character of Jack Hotel. Discuss the interaction he has with the narrator.
9. Discuss the scene where the narrator and his friends meet their new companion in Story 2.
10. Show how and when the narrator's violent side is exposed in Story 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze, discuss, and explain the significance the following quote found in Story 1: "I knew every raindrop by its name. I sensed everything before it happened. I knew a certain Oldsmobile would stop for me even before it slowed, and by the sweet voices of the family inside it I knew we'd have an accident in the storm. I didn't care. They said they'd take me all the way."
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explain the religious allusion that predominates in Jesus' Son, and analyze how it enhances the book's overall meaning.
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