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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 Leverett Dunwiddie's father?

2. What is the title of the final chapter of the novel?

3. Where did Iano take his father's ashes after his death?

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

5. In the opening of Chapter 16, the narrator states, "Once, for nearly a fortnight, Thatcher slept" where (417)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the lecture/debate described in Chapter 10?

4. Where are Thatcher and Mary in Chapter 18? How is the setting described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the marriage of Thatcher and Rose in the novel. For how long have these characters been married at the onset of the novel? Where did they meet? How does their relationship change in the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the references and allusions to contemporary politics, media, and pop culture in Unsheltered. Based on the political events described in the contemporary timeline, when does Willa's story begin? How does Willa feel about the political landscape in which she lives? How do you relate to Willa's thoughts on this regard?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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