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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. Where does Jack feel a sense of belonging when he is working?
2. What is one thing Jack's father thinks about when riding his motorcycle?
3. What is Jack's mother's support system after the accident?
4. What is the victim riding when he falls off and is run over?
5. What is Jack indignant about when he is in the kitchen?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jack's mother handle her son's death? How does she shoulder the care for her children and the farm?
2. How does Jack react when his father reads Jack's poems in public? Why does he feel the way he does about his father's poetry readings?
3. Jack has a nightly routine upon entering the house. What is that routine? What seems different to him on this evening?
4. What do we know about Yegudkin's wife? What does she look like? What does she do?
5. What chores are Jack responsible for when he works in the barn? What feelings do the chores arouse in him?
6. 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?
7. What does Yegudkin say about the fact that he is now too deaf to play in an orchestra?
8. 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?
9. In this story, Jack and Phoebe have very traditional roles. What are the roles each play?
10. How does Jack feel after asking Yegudkin if he will ever play the horn as well as the teacher? How does Yegudkin respond?
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
How is Jack's experience with death and loss similar to that of Yegudkin? How is it different?
Essay Topic 3
Based on the various pieces of information and historical references, approximately when does this story take place? Justify your answer.
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