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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby does Mrs. Flood suggest that Haze take up to pass the time?

2. What does Enoch do with his clothes after exiting Gonga's van?

3. What does Haze tell the crowd they need to hunt down and kill?

4. How much money does Onnie Jay Holy tell Haze they lost by him leaving the crowd early?

5. How many followers does the Church Without Christ have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This novel offers a commentary on free will. In your essay:

1) Describe the commentary the author makes

2) Cite specific examples of scenes that the author uses to develop this commentary

3) React to her commentary. Do you agree of disagree with her? Why?

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

In the last chapter of the novel the author abruptly shifts the narrative to focus on Mrs. Flood. In your essay:

1) Describe how the last chapter reads differently than the earlier thirteen chapters

2) Explain why you think the author made this shift

3) React to her choice. Do you think this was the best way to end the novel? Why?

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Wise Blood is written in third person point of view. Write an essay examining the novel's point of view focusing on:

1) How the author uses the point of view to tell the story

2) The amount of information given based on this point of view

3) Comment on how the novel would be different if it was told from a different point of view

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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