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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 does Ernt consume himself with building on his property in Chapter 19?
2. Where does Leni have a part-time job in Chapter 27?
3. Where is Leni camping with her family in the beginning of Chapter 27?
4. Why are there no mirrors in Leni's house in Chapter 15?
5. Why does Tom Walker say he is digging a trench in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What plan do Leni and Cora devise immediately after Ernt's death?
2. How does Matthew escape in Chapter 20?
3. Where does Leni go when she arrives in Homer? Why?
4. How does Leni manage to meet up with Matthew in Chapter 19? What happens when they do?
5. What conflict emerges at Mad Earl's funeral?
6. How does Leni respond to her home environment when she is released from the hospital in Part 2?
7. How has the relationship between Leni and Matthew changed in Part 2?
8. What is related in Leni's "My Alaska" essay in the novel's conclusion?
9. Why does Leni write a personal statement in Chapter 17? What is revealed in it?
10. How is the theme of deception developed in Chapters 17 and 18?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss Leni Allbright as the protagonist of The Great Alone. How does Leni's character drive the story? What are the major conflicts her character faces? How does Leni change in the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of toxic love in The Great Alone. How does Leni feel about the toxic love between her parents? How does the author use metaphor or simile to illustrate this toxic love? What are the impacts and/or repercussions of toxic love?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the mood and tone of The Great Alone. What mood and tone are established in the beginning of the novel? How do the mood and tone shift as the novel progresses? What are the mood and tone of the novel's ending?
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