Where You Once Belonged: A Novel Test | Final Test - Medium

Kent Haruf
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Where You Once Belonged: A Novel Test | Final Test - Medium

Kent Haruf
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nora's demeanor when Pat visits her at her father's house?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Irritable.
(c) Content.
(d) Agitated.

2. What does Pat realize when he visits his wife at her father's home?
(a) He needs a vacation.
(b) His marriage is over.
(c) He wants to move to Denver.
(d) He wants to take a leave of absence.

3. What does Jack do to his family?
(a) He reunites happily with them.
(b) He takes them to dinner.
(c) He murders them.
(d) He takes them out of town.

4. Why is Charlie not tried for the grain elevator theft?
(a) He is retarded.
(b) He is brain damaged.
(c) He is insane.
(d) He is innocent.

5. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's son?
(a) Tommie Boy.
(b) Tomas.
(c) T.J.
(d) Tom Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jessie compare to the definition of a woman they thought Jack would marry?

2. Where does Charlie attempt suicide?

3. Who breaks into Jessie's apartment in the middle of the night?

4. For how long is Doyle Francis to take over at the grain elevator?

5. How do the townspeople feel when Charlie does not stand trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things Pat does to ingratiate himself with Jessie and her sons?

2. Why are Pat and Jessie perfect candidates for a romantic relationship with each other?

3. What personal tragedy does Pat suffer in the Summer of 1982?

4. Why does Jack's crime make the people of Holt dislike Jessie even more?

5. Why are the people of Holt so angry at Charlie Soames?

6. What purchases does Jack make prior to leaving town for good?

7. What job does Jessie take even though she is in the late stages of pregnancy?

8. Does Jack show any remorse when visited by the head of the grain elevator board?

9. Why is the sheriff unable to keep Jack locked up?

10. How does Jessie interact with the people in town?

(see the answer keys)

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