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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. To whom is the famous quote attributed in Chapter 25: "The mountains are calling and I must go" (306)?
2. Where is Cora working in Chapter 27?
3. Who had located Leni and Matthew's campsite after they had fallen, according to Cora in Chapter 22?
4. In what year does Chapter 27 open?
5. From what illness does Cora die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conflict emerges at Mad Earl's funeral?
2. How does Large Marge help Cora and Leni after Ernt's death?
3. Why does Matthew become upset when Leni visits him in the end of the novel?
4. What plan do Leni and Cora devise immediately after Ernt's death?
5. How is Matthew's condition when Leni is released from the hospital in Part 2?
6. What causes Cora's death? What does she do before dying?
7. How does Leni respond when she visits Matthew at the care facility in Homer?
8. How does Tom react when he meets Leni at the jail?
9. How does Matthew become seriously injured in Part 2?
10. How does Leni respond to her home environment when she is released from the hospital in Part 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of progress versus tradition in The Great Alone. Why is Ernt so opposed to the progress that Tom wants to bring to Kaneq? What drives Tom to bring progress to the community? With whom do you most agree in this regard? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of setting in The Great Alone. What role does setting play in the novel's plot? How does the author describe the setting? What imagery is employed in these descriptions?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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