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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 does Caroline think she sees at the side of the road when she turns her head to keep the snow out of her eyes?

2. What do Father and Caroline "borrow" from the cabin?

3. Which animals does Caroline say are her favorites?

4. On page 146, what does Father say when Caroline says that she is cold?

5. In Part Five, where does Father tell the bus driver that he and Caroline are coming from?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Caroline is finally alone in the cave, watching the fire, what does she finally allow herself to think about?

2. What happens to cause Caroline to decide against approaching Della?

3. What happens during Caroline's encounter with the two sisters in the mall bathroom?

4. What natural feature do Caroline and Father stumble across, and how does it save them?

5. How does Caroline retain part of her wild nature in Part Eight?

6. What education has Caroline received since returning to Oregon?

7. Where does Caroline go after she leaves the cave?

8. Once Caroline has returned to the place where Father held her captive after abducting her, how does she feel about Father and the past four years?

9. 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)?

10. What are the mixed feelings that Caroline has as she looks at her old house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter Rock has said in interviews that he has conflicted feelings about writing a book based on the true story of the father and daughter found living in Forest Park. Research interviews in which he discusses these feelings and then write an essay that demonstrates how the portrayal of the media and of other characters in the book reflects Rock's divided feelings about the potential for exploitation of people like Father and Caroline. Be sure to offer textual evidence for your claims and cite your sources in MLA format.

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 that analyzes the life that Caroline has built for herself at the end of My Abandonment. What does this life represent, thematically, when you consider My Abandonment as a coming-of-age novel? Offer textual support to defend your claims.

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