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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 does Jimmy Rogers tell Will that he's done?

2. How long does Allison think she has until she will need the heat from the stove?

3. What does Kitty ask Will to do?

4. What does Will find when he heads through the trees trying to find the clubhouse?

5. What did young Will think just before the gunshot hit him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will hope to prove with his experiment?

2. Why does Allison refuse Will's help in moving the stove?

3. What does Allison think that she and the runner might have in common?

4. Why is Allison hesitant to take the gift Will brings her?

5. What is it that Will Barrett realizes when he falls down during the golf game at the opening of the novel?

6. What does Allison talk to the man in the garage of Washau Motors about?

7. What is important about the hunting trip with his father that Will remembers during his golf game?

8. What does Allison realize that she forgot to ask when she arrives at Washau Motors?

9. What is the self-discovery that Allison makes before she goes to Linwood?

10. Why doesn't Will do anything about the poacher on his land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will goes into the cave in search of an answer from God regarding his existence. Do you think he gets an answer? Why or why not? Use passages from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Allison has been trained her whole life to be a singer and a musician, but she finds herself unable to perform in public. She realizes that she is really good at manual labor. Write an essay discussing how Allison's character develops throughout the book, using her abilities and disabilities as a way to talk about her development. Use examples from the text to support your argument.

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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