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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 end of Story 1?
2. Who does Wayne stop to see after he and the narrator finish work?
3. 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.
4. According to the narrator of Story 3, at ________ some of the most terrible things happen to him.
5. According to the narrator in Story 2, how does he feel about his child?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss comical irony which is found in Story 2.
2. 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?
3. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?
4. Discuss the scene where the narrator and his friends meet their new companion in Story 2.
5. Define the literary term of tone. What is the tone of Story 1?
6. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.
7. While working with Wayne at the abandoned house, what is the narrator and Wayne distracted by? Who is this person?
8. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.
9. Describe the three people the narrator first introduces to the reader at the beginning of Story 1. How does the narrator interact with these three people?
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
Discuss Story 1 of Jesus' Son. Explain how this opening story introduces some of the major themes found within the book.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Show how a conventional or stereotyped character or characters found within Jesus' Son function to achieve the author's overall purpose of the book.
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