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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 Warren Redstone asks Frank what kind of name Drum is, what is Frank's reply?
2. Why do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?
3. When Father Peter tells Nathan the reasons for the townspeople's negative feelings about Ruth's role as the minister's wife, what three reasons does he give?
4. What reason does Frank give for thinking his father might be disappointed to find Frank and Jake reading comic books?
5. What is the name that some people in town call Jake and that Frank calls him as well when he is angry?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Frank and Jake come upon the Indian man and the apparently lifeless man referred to as Skipper, the Indian man says, "Know what I like about railroad tracks? They're always there but they're always moving" (32). When Jake replies, "Just like a river" (32), why is Frank shocked at Jake's reply?
2. How does Frank feel about his older sister Ariel?
3. What is significant about Nathan's query to the boys about whether Gus had been winning at poker?
4. What lengths has Gus gone to in order to make sure Nathan does not know of the card games he runs in the basement of the church?
5. How does Nathan react to Father Peter's communication with him about the townspeople's problems with Ruth?
6. How does Officer Doyle's search of Warren Redstone's lean-to sway the reader's opinion of Warren Redstone's character?
7. What is the outcome of Nathan's and Gus' search for Travis Klement, the man they know to have beaten his wife and son?
8. During Gus' and Frank's conversation about Nathan's experiences in the war, what two sources of information does Gus warn Frank against heeding?
9. What are the purposes of the Drum family's visit to Emil and Lise Brandt's house?
10. Why is it such a significant moment when Nathan tells his sons, Frank and Jake, about the first dead body he saw in the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are 24 instances of the word "true" within the novel. How does the motif of truth function within the novel and what is Krueger's message regarding truth, lies, and hypocrisy?
Essay Topic 2
Like many other coming-of-age books and movies, Ordinary Grace presents the loss of innocence as a theme. Trace Frank's loss of innocence over the course of the novel's narrative. What is the author's purpose for depicting Frank's, as well as other characters', loss of innocence throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one character from the novel. Discuss Krueger's use of the four characterization methods to depict this character: indirect description, direct description, revelation by self, and relation by others. How does Krueger use these methods to shape the reader's impression of the character?
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