Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lewis notice about Harley's grave in Part II?
2. Who gives Lewis Shaney's number so he can call Shaney directly?
3. Who was waiting for Lewis and his friends at the top of the hill when they finished field-dressing their elk?
4. Where does Peta's name come from?
5. What does Lewis tell Shaney that he has not even told his wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lewis call Cass in Part I?
2. Why does Lewis bury the elk fetus?
3. In Part I, why do Lewis's friends from the post office come to his house?
4. What tragedy has just occurred in Ricky's life that contributes to his choice to leave the reservation?
5. In Part I, how does Peta save Lewis from potentially serious injury?
6. What makes all the noise at Lewis's new rental house?
7. What option do Lewis and his friends take that Denny offers when he finds them hunting on restricted land?
8. How do Lewis's friends feel about him marrying Peta?
9. What is unsettling about Lewis's new rental house with Peta?
10. Why does Lewis invite Shaney over to his house in the end of Part II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At many different points throughout the novel, Jones employs graphic language to describe scenes of violence and murder. Write an essay explaining the effect Jones' use of language has on the reader's experience of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
How do you think Ricky, Gabe, Lewis, and Cassidy seem to feel about Denny Pease as they decide whether or not to hunt on the restricted part of the reservation? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What parallels do you think Jones seeks to draw between the herd of elk that Ricky sees just before he is killed at the beginning of the novel and the group of white men who attack him? Write an essay explaining your answers.
|
This section contains 662 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
