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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. Lee moves into _________.

2. What does Henry go into town to get?

3. Which character does this chapter explore?

4. What is the name of Henry's old school rival?

5. What do Lee and Hank both comment on in their narratives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hank react to Willard's death?

2. Describe Willard's phone call to Hank.

3. Why is Evenwrite worried about the rain?

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

5. What is Willard Eggleston's situation?

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

7. How do Evenwrite and Draeger get to the Stamper's house?

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

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

10. Why is Jenny tossing shells onto her bed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Discuss Kesey's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book?

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