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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 was on watch the night that Nick died?

2. Where is the manor located that Mary is moving in Chapter 18?

3. What season is it when Willa and Iano go to the Pine Barrens in the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. What servant in Thatcher's home has given her notice in Chapter 16?

5. How many brothers had Uri Carruth lost to tragedy due to bad working conditions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you compare the demeanors of Thatcher and Cutler in the debate in Chapter 12?

2. What is being celebrated in Chapter 17? How is the celebration described?

3. How does Thatcher's memory of sleeping in a tree relate to his current circumstances in Chapter 16?

4. How have the living/sleeping arrangements in Willa's house changed in Chapter 11? Why?

5. What are Willa's future plans at the end of her narrative in Chapter 17?

6. What are Thatcher's future plans in Chapter 18?

7. How does the debate conclude in Chapter 12?

8. About what do Jorge and Zeke argue in Chapter 17?

9. Who has been shot in Chapter 14? Who is the shooter? Where did the crime occur?

10. How is Carruth's home described in Chapter 14? Why does Thatcher go there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the plot structure of Unsheltered. Where does the rising action begin? Where does the climax occur? Given the two storylines in the book, how does this impact its plot structure?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Zeke and Tig in Unsheltered. How old are these characters and what is their age difference? How were they different growing up? How are they different now? To which character do you most relate? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of the house on Plum Street in Unsheltered. What does the house represent to Willa and her family? What does it represent to Thatcher, Rose, Polly, and Aurelia? How has the house changed in the century between these narratives?

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