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. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, who is coming to visit the girl in two weeks?
2. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does the girl write in her diary about the purpose of families?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what is the name of Bobby's lunch date's sister?
4. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, why does the Kid say that he came first without his cohorts?
5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what is Bobby's sister's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the bathless one and what does he do?
2. What does Oiler say that he regrets the most about his time in Vietnam?
3. What part does Bobby's father play in World War II?
4. What does Debussy say that she wants in regard to gender?
5. What is Oiler going to do on his dive job in Venezuela?
6. What are Bobby and Oiler doing off the coast of Mississippi as the non-italicized section of Chapter 1 opens?
7. Does Bobby find anything on his search of the cluster of islands?
8. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what appears in the night at the girl's window that makes her whisper Bobby's name?
9. What is Oiler's attitude about his time in Vietnam?
10. Who does the hunter find on his walk through the woods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you think that there is an actual missing passenger? What do you think the missing passenger represents? Can the missing passenger be a metaphor or a symbol that has multiple meanings?
Essay Topic 2
What do you think of John Sheddan's character? What kind of person is he? What aspect of the author does he represent?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the author include a lengthy conversation about who killed John F. Kennedy? What is your experience of reading this section? How is this lengthy conversation a different experience than the one about math and physics? What are you able to grasp from a careful reading of this conversation? How does this conversation connect to the idea of reality compared to the perception of reality? Or the idea that perception shapes reality?
|
This section contains 725 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
