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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 type of blemish does Bill have on his face?
2. What drug does the narrator of Story 6 say is a very famous guru of the love generation?
3. In Story 7, what do the picketers outside the abortion clinic throw at the narrator when he leaves the building?
4. What happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?
5. Who says in Story 8, "In Warsaw, my city, we drive in the park after twelve in the night, but the rules are saying no, you must not go to the park after this time, 12pm middle-night"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Hardee's emergency seen in Story 6?
2. What is the relevance of picketers standing outside the abortion clinic in Story 7?
3. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.
4. Explain how the relationship between the Story 8 narrator and military wife at the bar reinforces the theme of the tension between desperation and compassion.
5. What role does Terrence play in Story 6? How do the other characters in the story handle Terrence's situation?
6. How does Bill define him? What is his perspective on the world? Explain.
7. Discuss the relevance of the baby rabbits to Story 6.
8. How did Bill receive his bullet holes? How do these bullet holes haunt Bill?
9. What does the final lines in Story 7 reveal about the narrator's view of Michelle's abortion?
10. Briefly describe the "second man" in Story 8.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how the theme of tension between desperation and compassion contributes to the meaning of Jesus' Son as a whole.
Essay Topic 2
Show how the author's manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of Jesus' Son as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance and affect of the narrator being without a name. How does this characteristic contribute to the overall message of Jesus' Son?
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