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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. How does Rose see that she is fortunate regarding the two men to which she has been married?
2. How does Rose convince herself that she misunderstood Phil the night he and his team dined at the Red Mill?
3. Why does Phil wonder if George remembered the snow chains for his tires?
4. What attracts Johnny and Rose to Beech?
5. Where do Johnny and Rose first meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What makes both George and Rose reluctant to come home to the ranch?
2. What are a couple things that may have turned Johnny to drink?
3. How does George act in a way that surprises Phil, at the end of Chapter VI?
4. To what does the narrator compare the cattle drive?
5. How does George save Rose's day?
6. Why does Phil feel let down by their twenty-fifth cattle drive?
7. What is significant about the cattle drive in the first section (Chapters I-III)?
8. How does George's behavior change when he begins courting Rose?
9. What bothers George about Phil?
10. How are Phil and George different from those around them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Phil sees Rose's unusual floral arrangement, he realizes that she may be more dangerous than he once thought. What does he mean by this? How might she be dangerous or threatening to Phil? How does Phil fear her? How does this show in his behavior towards her?
Essay Topic 2
Some disturbing facts about Peter start to surface particularly in the fourth section of The Power of the Dog. What does this foreshadow? What has led to Peter's character being developed in this way? How has the treatment of Peter by others influenced this behavior? What does this say about bullying and harassment and its impact on others?
Essay Topic 3
As the story progresses, much less time is spent on George. Why might the author have chosen to move him to the background? What might be George's thoughts and feelings regarding Rose's drinking, Phil's behavior, the relationship between Phil and Peter, and Phil's death? How does the information from the story support your response?
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