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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. When Father and Caroline get off the bus, what reason does he give for it being colder than it was in Portland?

2. Besides the wet weather, what other reason does Father give Caroline for not being able to start a fire in Part Five?

3. In what city does Part Seven take place?

4. In Part Eight, Caroline gets her GED. Which is the best description of what this is?

5. What does Caroline want to tell her sister in Part Seven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Caroline goes inside the yurt after Susan and Paul leave, what does she see?

3. What is ironic about the feeling Caroline shares about grocery shopping in the beginning of Part Six?

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

5. What happens when Father tries to hop a train, and what does Caroline learn from the event?

6. What do Father and Caroline do once they reach Sisters?

7. What features of Paul's does Caroline notice and find unusual?

8. Where is Caroline living in Part Eight?

9. Why does Caroline feel that Father is both missing and not missing?

10. When they are on the bus, what important message does Caroline try to tell Father, and how does he react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the blue ribbon that Caroline carries. Consider its provenance, what Caroline does with it, and how it deteriorates over the years as a part of your exploration of this symbol.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the book's messages about individual identity. How is identity formed, who has the right to provide input into identity formation, and what rights should an individual have to create a non-mainstream identity? Use textual evidence to support your ideas.

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