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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. Where is Leni camping with her family in the beginning of Chapter 27?

2. Where are Leni and Matthew airlifted after falling down the cliffside?

3. Whose poems does Leni recite to Matthew when they are trapped and injured on the cliffside?

4. To whom is the famous quote attributed in Chapter 25: "The mountains are calling and I must go" (306)?

5. What book is Leni said to be reading for the third consecutive time in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan do Leni and Cora devise immediately after Ernt's death?

2. What conflict leads to Ernt's death?

3. How does Matthew become seriously injured in Part 2?

4. How does Leni manage to meet up with Matthew in Chapter 19? What happens when they do?

5. How does Matthew escape in Chapter 20?

6. What does Ernt do when he finds Matthew on his property coming to visit Leni in Part 2? How does Leni respond?

7. Where does Leni go when she arrives in Homer? Why?

8. What does Large Marge do upon entering the courthouse in Chapter 30?

9. Why does Matthew tell Aly that he wants to return to Kaneq in Chapter 14?

10. Why does Matthew become upset when Leni visits him in the end of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the members of the Harlan clan. Where do the Harlans live? What is their connection to the Allbrights? How do the members of the Harlan clan change in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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