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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 Cora trade with the water taxi driver in exchange for his service?
2. What does Leni's court-appointed attorney tell her to do at the arraignment in Chapter 30?
3. Where does Matthew take Cora when he escapes with Leni and Cora in Chapter 20?
4. What does Leni's father yell at the tourists on the bridge in Chapter 20 (243)?
5. What is the name of the long-term facility that Matthew is moved to in Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. What guilt does Cora struggle with in Part 3?
2. How does the narrative style shift in Chapter 14? Why do you think the author makes this shift?
3. Why does Matthew tell Aly that he wants to return to Kaneq in Chapter 14?
4. What conflict emerges at Mad Earl's funeral?
5. How does Tom react when he meets Leni at the jail?
6. When and where does Part 3 of the novel begin?
7. What causes Cora's death? What does she do before dying?
8. What does Ernt begin building after Mad Earl's funeral? Why?
9. What does Large Marge do upon entering the courthouse in Chapter 30?
10. What is related in Leni's "My Alaska" essay in the novel's conclusion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of forbidden love and deception in The Great Alone. What characters deceive one another in the narrative? Do you think these characters are justified in their deception? Why or why not? How is forbidden love connected to the theme of deception?
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 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?
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