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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. What is the admission cost for the lecture that Thatcher attends in the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. Who wrote My Antonia?

3. On what day of the week is Dusty's birthday party held in Chapter 17?

4. Willa compares listening to the news radio stations to listening to whom reporting on the alien invasion in Chapter 13?

5. Into whose manor is Mary moving in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rose opposed to Thatcher testifying in court in Chapter 16?

2. How does the debate conclude in Chapter 12?

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

4. How is the theme of generational differences explored in Chapter 15?

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

6. Where has Tig decided to move in Chapter 15? Why?

7. What does Thatcher learn from Willis and Selma in Chapter 14?

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

9. What are the principles Thatcher presents in his opening for the debate in Chapter 12?

10. Who is Uri Carruth and how does Thatcher come to know him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Nick in Unsheltered. How does Nick stand apart from his family in the contemporary timeline? What is the extent of Nick's health problems? How does Nick's character evolve in the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of the trees in the novel. In addition to the two trees in the yard at the house on Plum Street, what others appear? What do you think the trees represent? With what type of tree does Thatcher associate Mary? Why is this significant?

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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