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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. In Leni's Personal Statement, she opens her essay with a quote from whom?
2. What is the name of MJ's stuffed orca that he sleeps with?
3. What does Leni's court-appointed attorney tell her to do at the arraignment in Chapter 30?
4. What book had Leni sent Matthew for his fifteenth birthday?
5. After how many nights does Matthew move for the first time after he and Leni have fallen on the cliffside in Chapter 22?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrative style shift in Chapter 14? Why do you think the author makes this shift?
2. How does Ernt respond when Leni calls out to Matthew for help in Kaneq in Part 2?
3. Why does Matthew become upset when Leni visits him in the end of the novel?
4. How is the courtroom described in Chapter 30?
5. Why does Matthew tell Aly that he wants to return to Kaneq in Chapter 14?
6. How is Matthew's condition when Leni is released from the hospital in Part 2?
7. How does Matthew become seriously injured in Part 2?
8. When and where does Part 3 of the novel begin?
9. Why does Leni write a personal statement in Chapter 17? What is revealed in it?
10. Where does Leni go when she arrives in Homer? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of Ernt Allbright as the central antagonist in The Great Alone. What are the factors that motivate Ernt's actions in the novel? How would you describe Ernt's relationship with his wife and daughter? How does Ernt's character evolve in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the theme of domestic abuse in The Great Alone. What are the impacts of domestic abuse on Cora? What are the impacts of domestic abuse on Leni? What struggles do these characters face in regard to escaping a violent and abusive home?
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