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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Victoria tell Maggie is wrong at the McPherons' house?
2. What does Raymond ask Tom when he calls?
3. What does Tom do about the horse?
4. Where do Ike and Bobby go when they leave Mrs. Stearns' house?
5. What does a man ask her who comes in Victoria's work place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Guthrie goes upstairs and into the room where his wife, Ella, lies in bed. He asks if she wants anything, but she does not answer. Guthrie leaves the room and Ella looks around before folding her arm across her face. Guthrie leaves the house and drives away in his pickup truck.
1. Do you think Ella Guthrie is depressed? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
2. How do you think younger children such as Ike and Bobby might feel about their mother? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
3. If Tom Guthrie was a friend of yours what would you advise him to do? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Victoria not only becomes pregnant but is thrown out of her home.
1. What effect do you think these types of events would have on a teenage girl? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.
2. What do you think Victoria can do to adjust to the changes in her life? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.
3. Do you think it was fair for Victoria's mother to throw her out? What consequences did the boy have to face? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your experience to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Plainsong, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
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