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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 day of the week does Carl get an appointment with a doctor in Glens Falls?

2. After John Paul McLellan is put in a holding cell, what time does Judy leave for home?

3. Why does Tracy think Barbara might be upset with her family?

4. Where does Captain LaRochelle set up the Command Post when he arrives?

5. When Louise stays with T.J., what card game do they mostly play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Captain LaRochelle excited about the clue Judy provided about the freshly painted walls in Barbara's room?

2. What is the only belonging of Bear's that remains?

3. Why does Maryanne get upset when she learns Carl is probably the last person to see Bear?

4. Who is Mrs. Clute, and why is she working as a temporary cook at Self-Reliance?

5. How does Barbara hurt herself?

6. What is it like for Alice at the Dunwitty Institute?

7. What does the Adirondack Search and Rescue Team find at the cabin by the observer's tower?

8. Why does Alice not nurse her babies?

9. Why does Alice struggle to bond with Barbara?

10. Why is there so much work to be done before the Blackfly Good-by in 1975, and what work is being done?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The God of the Woods, men tend to have institutional and social authority because of their gender. Women who push back against those expectations face social fallout or direct punishment. What roles are men and women expected to assume in the novel? What type of lives do the women in the book lead because of the roles they are expected to play?

Essay Topic 2

Carl and Maryanne have a very different marriage from Peter and Alice. How would you compare these marriages, and what do they reveal about what makes a happy marriage?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The God of the Woods? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does using different focal characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

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