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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. During what war was Leni's father shot down and captured?

2. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?

3. What novel is sitting next to Leni on her bed in the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the ferry that Leni's family takes to their land in Chapter 3?

5. What paperbook novel does Leni's father give her in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom win over most of the Harlan clan regarding the saloon?

2. What are Leni's impressions of the settings in Chapters 3 and 4 as the Allbrights travel to their destination?

3. Who are the Harlans and what connection do they have to the Allbrights?

4. How is Leni described when her character is introduced in the beginning of the novel?

5. Discuss the exchange between Cora and her mother in Chapter 2. What is revealed about these characters through the exchange?

6. How does Leni feel about her first day at school in Chapter 5? Why?

7. How is the town of Kaneq described when the Allbrights arrive?

8. What is the reason for the vandalism that is discovered during Salmon Days? Who is responsible?

9. Who is Large Marge? What impressions are imparted on the reader regarding her character when she is first introduced?

10. How does Ms. Rhodes help guide Leni in helping Matthew in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in The Great Alone. How would you compare the families of Leni and Matthew? What are the eccentricities of these families that are demonstrated in the novel? What statement do you think the author is making regarding family? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Great Alone. From what point of view is the narrative related? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Upon whom is the narrative perspective focused? Does this change?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the plot structure of The Great Alone. What is the inciting event that sets the plot into motion? Where does the rising action begin? Where is the climax? What information does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement?

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