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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. Who is the sole secretary that Jeanne does not fire in Chapter Forty-seven?
2. Where does Eli join the Texas Rangers in Chapter Forty?
3. Jeanne thinks to herself in Chapter Sixty, “Dead people did not have voices and this made them” what?
4. How many members of Maria’s family were killed in the shootout that destroyed the Garcia home?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Prairie Flower die in Chapter Twenty-eight?
2. Why do you think that Maria tells Peter about the curse on the Garcia family in Chapter Forty-two?
3. What are Jeanne’s perceptions of the “Honey Hunt” she attends in Chapter Fifty-three?
4. What events and circumstances lead Eli to the cattle industry in Chapter Fifty-five?
5. How does the author illustrate Jeanne’s political connections in Chapter Thirty-five?
6. How does Jeanne come to be knocked unconscious in Chapter Sixty-nine?
7. Describe Eli’s narrative tone in Chapter Forty. What are examples of humor used in the chapter?
8. Why does Peter express unhappiness about the discovery of oil on his family’s land?
9. How is Jeanne’s relationship with her grandsons described in Chapter Sixty?
10. How does Eli help the captive buffalo hunter in Chapter Twenty-five?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze Peter’s relationship with Sally in the novel. How did Peter and Sally meet? What was their courtship like? How would you describe their relationship after marriage? Why does Sally go to Dallas and how does Peter respond to her leaving?
Essay Topic 2
Explore and discuss the themes of “alienation” and “morality” in the novel. In what ways do each of the three narrator/protagonists face alienation in the course of the story? What moral decisions are made by these characters, and upon what is their morality based?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of “history versus reality” in The Son. How reliable are the narrators of the story? Do you believe that each of the narrators is relating direct truth? Why or why not? How does “history” from the books differ from the realities of the past? How are these differences highlighted in the novel?
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