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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. When does the narrative take place in Chapter Sixty-three?
2. Who is the boy that begins following Eli around town in Chapter Thirty-seven?
3. Who does Peter claim “has stopped tending his crops and is instead driving around on his tractor, charging ten dollars (a week’s wages) to pull stuck trucks out of bogholes in the drilling fields” in Chapter Forty-five?
4. Where does Phineas live in Chapter Twenty-six?
5. By what does slang term does Sally call Maria when she tells Peter she is coming to visit in Chapter Fifty-one?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think the Colonel wants Maria out of his home in Chapter Thirty-three?
2. How is the character of Ulises Garcia introduced in Chapter Fifty-seven? What is Ulises’s objective?
3. What irony can be seen in Prairie Flower’s death in Chapter Twenty-eight?
4. What are Jeanne’s perceptions of the “Honey Hunt” she attends in Chapter Fifty-three?
5. Why do you think that Maria tells Peter about the curse on the Garcia family in Chapter Forty-two?
6. Discuss Jeanne’s relationship with motherhood, as seen in Chapter Thirty-eight. Does Jeanne enjoy being a mother?
7. How is Jeanne affected by Hank’s death in the novel?
8. How does Jeanne come to be knocked unconscious in Chapter Sixty-nine?
9. How does the relationship between Eli and Ellen develop in Chapters Thirty-three through Thirty-seven?
10. Why does Peter express unhappiness about the discovery of oil on his family’s land?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of “imparting a personal legacy” in The Son. What advice does the Colonel give to Jeanne McCullough regarding her own personal legacy and the importance of putting one’s name on something? Do you think that this is sound advice? Why or why not? How is this theme illustrated through imagery and characters in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the nonlinear structure of The Son and the differing narrative styles established in the novel. How does the language style of each of the narrators differ? Does the narrative style reflect the time periods in which the story takes place? Why do you think the author chose to structure the novel in this way?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the reasons that Toshaway’s tribe feels justified in their raids in Texas and the southwest. Do you think that the Indians were justified, granted the behavior of the whites? Why or why not? How might these matters have been addressed differently?
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