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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 do his co-workers accept about Dale Hawthorne since his son has died?
2. Where on the farm does Jack work with his uncles?
3. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?
4. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?
5. How does the narrator describe Jack's father before the accident?
Short Essay Questions
1. Jack has a nightly routine upon entering the house. What is that routine? What seems different to him on this evening?
2. What are some of the ways Dale Hawthorne deals with his grief over the death of his son? What comment does the narrator make as to people's opinion of Hawthorne's behavior?
3. Who is involved in the accident and how old are they? Why is the accident seem particularly difficult for the two surviving children?
4. Jack is "touched" by his sister's presence at lunchtime in the field. Why is this? What does he notice about her?
5. Describe the Hawthorne family farm that Jack works on a year and a half later. What has changed? What remains the same?
6. When Jack and Phoebe are having lunch and Jack does not want to say grace, he notices that Phoebe's eyes grow large with alarm. The narrator says, "and, though he did not know why, his heart gave a jump." Why does Jack's heart jump when he sees how frighted Phoebe is?
7. With whom does Jack begin studying French horn? What information are we given about this teacher in this section? Where does he teach?
8. What does Jack ask Yegudkin after he plays, and how does the teacher respond?
9. When Jack comes into the house after work and finds the kitchen empty and the living room door closed, he opens the door to walk into the living room. Describe the scene Jack finds when he opens the door.
10. Although he practices in the hayloft and is part of the civic orchestra, Jack refuses to play his horn either at church or at home. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The women in the story play minor roles yet are important to moving the story forward. Choose two women in "Redemption" and discuss their roles and the importance of those roles in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Who are Dale and Betty Hawthorne? What are they like before the accident and after? How does the death of their son affect them?
Essay Topic 3
As Yegudkin plays the horn, Jack is carried away by the man's skill and art. Describe the scene, and discuss the images used to describe Yegudkin's playing.
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