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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 do Lee and Hank both comment on in their narratives?

2. Where does Hank go after his visit to the hospital?

3. Who does Willard's plan involve in deceiving?

4. What does Hank drink at the Snag?

5. Who does Hank visit in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Willard's mistress' plan to continue their relationship?

2. Why is Evenwrite worried about the rain?

3. What is Willard Eggleston's situation?

4. Summarize the novel

5. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 9.

6. Why does Henry need to show Hank how to cut trees the old fashioned way?

7. Describe Henry's time in the town.

8. Why does Hank not want Joe-Ben to shoot the geese?

9. Why is Jenny tossing shells onto her bed?

10. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 11.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of 1960's America.

1) Why were individuality and family such an important issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? Do you think America was going through a transitional phase in the 1960's? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960's America?

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

1)With the students, discuss what metaphors are. How do writers use them? Can the writers overuse them? Give examples of good and bad metaphors.

2) What other metaphors are there in the book? Do the metaphors center on anything specific?

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