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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. Who does Lee phone at the bus depot?

2. What is Draeger handed?

3. Where do Viv and Hank first make love?

4. What does Hank admire about Lee?

5. What is Lee smoking?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what story about Hank does the chapter open?

2. What happens when a postman tries to deliver a postcard?

3. What does Lee describe in his narration in Chapter 6, Part 1?

4. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 5.

5. What does Viv reflect upon on her walk to the shack?

6. What does Draeger see through the binoculars?

7. What does Lee tell his housemate on the phone?

8. Why is the town striking?

9. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 4.

10. In what way are the Stampers restless?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What is the premise of Sometime a Great Notion? Does Kesey keep to this premise throughout?

2) What would happen if he did not keep to the story's premise? Why do stories need a premise?

Essay Topic 2

Sometime a Great Notion is an influential novel. Choose a book written after Sometimes a Great Notion that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss their similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Hank and Larry.

1) In what ways are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they could forgive each other?

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