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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. Once Mat determines that Jack is dead, what does he do?

2. What became obvious to Jack regarding his relationship with Clara after Ruth's death?

3. What is Jack's relationship with Clara?

4. To whose ambitions was Clara trying to live up to?

5. What is the doubt that Andy's girlfriend has about their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened between Jack and Rose following Jack's decision that he made after the accident on the flooded road?

2. What was the result of Jack's plans for Glad and Clara to take over the farm?

3. What does Mat observe and realize after the preacher concludes his prayer during Jack's funeral?

4. What happens to Jack after he has to rent out the farm?

5. What kind of burial does Mat know Jack would have wanted to have?

6. What kind of things does Wheeler see that remind him of Jack?

7. Why does Wheeler go to Jack's farm?

8. What was Ruth's reaction when she discovered her husband's infidelities?

9. What does Margaret Feltner tell Andy before he leaves?

10. What happens when Andy sees Jack right before he leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explains how foreshadowing is used in the novel. When is foreshadowing used? Is foreshadowing used for a sole purpose, or for several different purposes in the novel? Did you notice foreshadowing as you were reading the novel the first time, or did you remember the elements of foreshadowing after you finished the novel? Be sure to give specific examples to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

When Mat tells Mattie the rabbit hunter story, the moral of the story is that people should be content with what they have in life and not strive to acquire more. Is that moral the moral of Jack's life? Was Jack truly content with what he had? Did Jack escape the temptation to strive for more in all areas of his life? Was Jack's contentment with life always a good thing in all aspects of his life? Write an essay that analyzes Mat's impression of Jack's contentment with life.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on Jack's wishes for Bible readings at his funeral. Mat seems to know what kind of funeral service Jack would have wanted. Although Jack wanted a simple service, Mat mentioned that Jack would have wanted the Psalms from the Bible read during this funeral. Does this surprise you, considering the fact that Jack never really paid attention during church? Why would Jack have wanted a religious funeral when religion did not play a part of his life other than something he did on Sunday mornings? Was a religious service something that the Port Williams people just did because it was the culture at the time, or did Jack really believe in the religion?

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