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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 helping feed Nick when Willa arrives at the hospital in Chapter 9?

2. How much older than Rose is Thatcher?

3. Who accompanies Mary and Thatcher on their trip to the Pine Barrens in Chapter 8?

4. Who is the editor of the rival newspaper to Captain Landis's?

5. What is Mr. Nailbourne's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mary Treat doing when Thatcher comes to her home in Chapter 4? Why?

2. What are the circumstances surrounding Zeke in the opening of the novel?

3. Why does Thatcher go to Mary Treat's home in Chapter 4?

4. What is Willa's profession and how has it recently changed at the opening of the novel?

5. How do Thatcher and Rose's childhoods and upbringing differ?

6. When and where is Thatcher's story primarily set? How is this established?

7. How is Gwendolyn described? What are Willa's first impressions of her?

8. Why does Willa go to the Historical Society in Chapter 7?

9. What is the significance of the names in Iano's family (his sisters and children in particular)?

10. How would you describe Willa's relationship with Iano in the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Willa and Iano in the novel. For how long have they been married? Has their marriage been a happy one? What have been their struggles in the past? Does their relationship grow or change in the course of the narrative? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Willa Knox and Thatcher Greenwood in Unsheltered. How are these two protagonists different? How are they similar? In what ways do their circumstances and stories overlap? How would you compare the outcomes for each character in the novel's ending?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of irony in the novel. How is irony defined? What different types of irony are there? What are three examples of irony from the text and what purpose does each example serve to the plot, characters, or atmosphere?

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