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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 time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?
2. What does Phoebe ask Jack as he begins his lunch?
3. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?
4. In the opening of the story, who dies in April?
5. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?
Short Essay Questions
1. When describing Jack's routines in the early mornings, the author uses the word "sweet" more than once. What things are sweet about the mornings for Jack?
2. What does Yegudkin say about the fact that he is now too deaf to play in an orchestra?
3. When Jack leaves his lesson with Yegudkin, where does he go?
4. When Jack first opens the door and sees his family gathered around his father, his aunt says to him, "It's all over. Your father is home." What does she mean by this?
5. What do we know about Yegudkin's wife? What does she look like? What does she do?
6. What is Jack's "black memory"? What sounds and sights does Jack relive in his black memory?
7. How does the narrator describe the machinery Jack drives on the farm? Why is this image so powerful? How does it compare to the usual image associated with farm equipment?
8. Where is Arcady Yegudkin from? How does he get to America? What is his story?
9. How does the story open? How does the first sentence compel the reader to read the next?
10. Who is involved in the accident and how old are they? Why is the accident seem particularly difficult for the two surviving children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based on the various pieces of information and historical references, approximately when does this story take place? Justify your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Jack and Dale both struggle with both the question of the existence of God and the existence of good and evil after David's death. Discuss both character's different approaches to the struggle with these two topics.
Essay Topic 3
Both Jack and his father are artists. How do each of them use their art to express their sadness?
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