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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 time does the car accident in Story 1 occur?
2. According to Richard in Story 2, the people at the farmhouse use to be ________.
3. Who asks the narrator to take McInnes to the hospital?
4. What type of vehicle does the narrator of Story 2 drive?
5. In Story 2, where does the narrator meet the "first man"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe The Vine as seen in Story 3.
2. Describe the character of Dundun.
3. 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?
4. How does the narrator and Dundun deal with the death of McInnes?
5. What can the passive reaction of the trucker in Story 1 be seen as a metaphoric representation of?
6. Discuss the scene where the narrator and his friends meet their new companion in Story 2.
7. Discuss the narrator's relationship with the three women in Story 5.
8. Who encourages the narrator of Story 5 to work with him? What type of work do they perform? Explain.
9. Show how and when the narrator's violent side is exposed in Story 2.
10. Define and discuss imagery which is found in Story 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Select a moment or scene from Jesus' Son that you find especially memorable. Write an essay in which you identify the moment or scene, explain its relationship to the book, and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness.
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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