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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 Sondra's profession?

2. In what field does Zeke's new girlfriend work?

3. What is the third principle that Thatcher presents in his debate with Cutler in Chapter 12?

4. Where are Iano and Willa preparing to move in Chapter 17?

5. Who is giving the lecture that Thatcher attends in the beginning of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Tig and Zeke argue about in Chapter 11?

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

6. What important information does Thatcher learn from Carruth in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the political landscape in the nineteenth century timeline in Unsheltered. What war has just ended? How did it end? Who is the President of the United States at this time? How is he portrayed in the novel? How would you compare this political landscape to that of the contemporary timeline?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Mary Treat in Unsheltered. Where is Mary from? What are her circumstances when her character is first introduced in the novel? How do those circumstances change? How does Mary stand apart from the other women in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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