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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 Ben use to sew up the stitches on Ashley after the crash?

2. What was in the box marked "DESSERT" that Ben's wife gave him on his drive to Jacksonville (104)?

3. What does Ben admit to Ashley about Rachel in Chapter 22?

4. What mountains does Ben describe in Chapter 11 as having become "our thing too" when dictating to his wife (95)?

5. For how long has Ben been away from home in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the tracks that Ben sees near the plane in Chapter 12?

2. How does Ben attend to Ashley's injuries after the crash?

3. Why is Ben at the airport in the beginning of the novel? What is his objective?

4. What role does running play in the narrative?

5. Discuss the different styles of narration in The Mountain Between Us. How are these styles differentiated?

6. Where and how does Ben bury Grover?

7. Who is Grover and what role does he play in the novel?

8. What is Ben's favorite gift he gave to Rachel? Why?

9. How is Ben's father described in the narrative?

10. How does Ben describe his and Rachel's move to Jacksonville from Denver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Grover in the novel. Who is Grover and what is his role in the story? What happens to Grover? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing in The Mountain Between Us. What are some of the clues in the novel that indicate the realities that are revealed at the end of the story? Did the novel's ending surprise you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbol/motif of the jigsaw puzzle in The Mountain Between Us. What does the puzzle symbolize? Why? How does the completion of the puzzle change its symbolism?

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