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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. Who is the orderly at the hospital is a friend of the narrator in Story 6?

2. According to the narrator in Story 8, where does the narrator meet the "second man"?

3. Who extracts the knife from Terrence?

4. What happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?

5. Story 9 opens with the narrator saying he was after a ________ who was always in the company of a boy.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does the action of the second part of Story 8 take place? Describe this location.

3. Discuss the significance of the two men at the hospital the narrator sees in Story 8.

4. What happens when the narrator goes to visit a pair of friends in Story 8?

5. Who is the only female in Story 7 that is given a name? Why is she the only one the narrator names?

6. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.

7. What is the relevance of picketers standing outside the abortion clinic in Story 7?

8. 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.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the significance of the three vehicles in Story 1: "Car Crash While Hitchhiking."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Story 1 of Jesus' Son. Explain how this opening story introduces some of the major themes found within the book.

Essay Topic 3

Present arguments for and against Jesus' Son's relevance for a person around the same age as the narrator living in 1973.

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