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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. After meeting Helene in Chapter 26, for how many days does Johannes listen to her stories?
2. Who are the only creatures who refuse to get involved in the plan to free the Bison?
3. How does Johannes see what he looks like in the sweater he has to wear?
4. Where does Johannes sleep at the beginning of Chapter 26 when he cannot get into his hollow?
5. What color vest does the human wear who often watches and sleeps from a hammock near the Bison pen?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where has Helene seen Bison?
2. How does Helene think the goats can help Johannes free the Bison?
3. What happens to Bertrand when he is jealous of Johannes?
4. What is the plan for getting Johannes inside the museum?
5. Why is Angus prompt for the Assistant Eyes meeting in Chapter 21?
6. What do the Bison tell Johannes about his father?
7. How does Johannes feel when he gets the sweater on?
8. Where does Johannes sleep when he cannot get into his hollow, and how does he sleep?
9. Who tries to grab Johannes after he talks to Yolanda about the rectangles that show the Park People are looking for a coyote?
10. Why does Johannes have to wear a disguise in Chapter 17?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Eggers use personification in The Eyes and the Impossible? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?
Essay Topic 2
Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections of The Eyes and the Impossible told? How does each section add information? How does Eggers use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?
Essay Topic 3
Johannes rescues a little girl who falls into the duck pond. What are the unintended consequences of rescuing the girl? How and why does Johannes’s life change because of those consequences?
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