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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 animal do Caroline's neighbors raise in Part Eight?
2. What is Caroline studying at the community college?
3. As Caroline heads away with Father in the sled, what does she start to have second thoughts about?
4. On page 200, Caroline quotes Emerson saying, "The way of life is wonderful." What is the next line of this quote?
5. Besides the wet weather, what other reason does Father give Caroline for not being able to start a fire in Part Five?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about Father telling Caroline "Trust me" when he decides that they should trek back into the mountains instead of getting the motel room that Caroline suggests (164)?
2. How do Caroline's purchases in Boise foreshadow her plans?
3. What does Father tell Caroline about traveling south, and what actually happens when they go south?
4. When Paul falls from the sled and Caroline comes up the hill to find him, what does she see, and what does Susan tell her is happening?
5. What habit does Caroline have in Part Eight that echoes Father's abduction of her?
6. What education has Caroline received since returning to Oregon?
7. What happens during Caroline's encounter with the two sisters in the mall bathroom?
8. Where does Caroline go after she leaves the cave?
9. When Caroline goes inside the yurt after Susan and Paul leave, what does she see?
10. What do Father and Caroline do once they reach Sisters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the attitudes Jean Bauer and Mr. Walters display toward Caroline. Use textual evidence to defend your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explicates the lesson of the dead deer. In your essay, use details, imagery, and diction from each of the passages that make reference to the deer to explain the literal and figurative significance of the deer. Then make and defend a claim about the significance of these passages to the novel's overall meaning.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the significance of Father's status as a veteran. How does his service seem to have impacted him, to what extent does it drive the plot, and in what way does it comment on the fates of service members in the contemporary United States? Offer textual support for your ideas and cite your sources in MLA format.
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