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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. Why did Allison travel to Linwood, NC?
2. Where does Will go for help after the hunting accident?
3. What does Will do when he stops his car at the overlook next to the gorge?
4. What does the runner suggest when Allison mentions that she's not sure where she's staying?
5. Who is Allison's blond friend at the institution?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Allison realize that she forgot to ask when she arrives at Washau Motors?
2. What does Will think his father was trying to tell him on that hunting trip?
3. Why does Will choose Sutter Vaught to be the beneficiary of his life insurance?
4. What happy discovery does Allison make when she gets the stove out of the cellar?
5. How does Allison get the large iron cook stove into the greenhouse?
6. Why does Allison refuse Will's help in moving the stove?
7. What does the story about the man who survives the plane crash mean to Allison?
8. What makes Allison ask Will if he is still angry?
9. What does Allison think that she and the runner might have in common?
10. What makes Allison feel like she needs to move quickly to get the stove into the greenhouse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think the title, The Second Coming signifies? Write an essay explaining what you think the author is referring to in the title, providing examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing what Will is searching for in the novel The Second Coming. Use examples from the text to support your thesis. Is he searching for God, for love, for meaning, for a purpose, or something else entirely?
Essay Topic 3
The Second Coming is populated with a lot of single, older men. Discuss the role of the old men like Mr. Ryan, Mr. Arnold, and Father Weatherbee in the novel. What do you think these older men represent in the novel? Why are there so many of them? What happens to these old men in the end?
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