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

2. What did Evenwrite learn from his father?

3. What does Lee receive from the nurse?

4. What does Joe-Ben want to bag?

5. What does Lee read in the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Willard Eggleston's situation?

2. In what way has Simone changed in Chapter 10?

3. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 7.

4. In what way does Hank show that he is losing control?

5. Describe Willard's phone call to Hank.

6. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 6, Part 2.

7. What is different about the novel's point of view?

8. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 11.

9. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 10.

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

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

Examine how the past defines the present. Is there a way to escape our past or is it always there? Do we need to just accept our past? Are there any characters in the novel that get over their past and move on?

Essay Topic 3

The novel is set mostly in the state of Oregon.

1) What meaning does Oregon bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Oregon?

2) How different do you think today's Oregon is to the Oregon in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Oregon?

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