View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the military woman from the tavern say she could introduce the narrator to her husband as?

2. Why does the narrator of Story 8 not take the military woman from the tavern to a motel?

3. The first time Bill was shot, the bullet went in his ________.

4. What two people is the narrator calling for in the streets in Story 8?

5. How much money does Nez Perce say the narrator owes him in Story 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the final lines in Story 7 reveal about the narrator's view of Michelle's abortion?

2. Discuss the importance of Terrence's knife in Story 6.

3. Discuss the irony behind Bill seeing the victims of a car crash as "just meat."

4. How is Georgie portrayed by the narrator in Story 6. How do the narrator and Georgie know each other?

5. What role does Terrence play in Story 6? How do the other characters in the story handle Terrence's situation?

6. Discuss the relevance of the baby rabbits to Story 6.

7. In what way is the title "Emergency" a direct metaphor of the narrator's life in Story 6?

8. What key point does the narrator make between the intimacy between men and women in Story 7?

9. How did Bill receive his bullet holes? How do these bullet holes haunt Bill?

10. Briefly describe the "second man" in Story 8.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the significance of the books title, Jesus' Son. How is the title developed throughout the book? What literary devices does the author use to develop the title?

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

Write an essay in which you show how a character who appears briefly or not at all has a significant presence. Show how such character functions in the book. Discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 966 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample