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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Jack play in the orchestra?

2. What does Jack do when he finally enters the living room?

3. Where and when does Jack refuse to play his horn?

4. What does Yegudkin look like?

5. How does Jack feel about his father now that Dale has been gone for three weeks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack did not stop the tractor once it had begun dragging the cultipacker over his brother's body. In the second sentence the narrator explains Jack could have applied the brakes and saved his brother. What are some possible reasons Jack did not stop the tractor but stood and watched his brother die instead?

Essay Topic 2

Three of the characters in this short story, Dale, Jack and Yegudkin, find redemption in their lives. What is each man's form of redemption? Compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator, when talking about the stories Jack tells aloud based on his fantasies, states "the lie was too obvious, the manipulation of shame to buy love." What does he mean by this statement? How does it apply to Dale Hawthorne?

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