Question 1

Science

What inorganic molecule is produced by lightning?

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Question 2

English & Literature

Fill in the Blank: Mulberry trees must take in more __ from carbon dioxide during _ than they through __.

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Question 3

Marxist literary criticism

Marxist Theory (the term ideology)

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Question 4

The Great Alone

As the family drives north, the narrator (and Leni, thanks to free indirect discourse) describes a book as “propped up like a pup tent, yellowed pages splayed out” (21). Why is this description significant? (from Chapters 3-4)

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Question 5

The Great Alone

What does Leni’s suggestion that they burn down the Allbright cabin symbolize?

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Question 6

The Great Alone

What does the ham radio system represent to the people of Kaneq?

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Question 7

The Great Alone

“The ocean … sprayed up and landed like wet kisses on their skin” (269). Which type of imagery is this?

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Question 8

The Great Alone

Characters and narrator frequently comment on the connection between Ernt’s drinking and his temper. Which statement best describes their precise connection?

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Question 9

The Great Alone

Why does Leni turn to horror novels?

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Question 10

The Great Alone

Why does Mad Earl “betray” Ernt by encouraging his family to work on Tom’s saloon?

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Question 11

The Great Alone

What are the dominant symbolic features of the Harlan family homestead?

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Question 12

The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah places Ernt’s worsening condition side by side with Leni and Matthew’s budding romance. Which literary technique is this?

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Question 13

The Great Alone

Why does it matter so much to Leni that Matthew calls her “Len” on the ferry?

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Question 14

The Great Alone

Why is Ernt an exception to the novel’s theme of enduring familial love?

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Question 15

The Great Alone

What do Ernt's anti-government rants and Cora's philosophical experiments have in common?

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Question 16

The Great Alone

After the first beating, Leni and Ernt sit in silence as the VW radio broadcasts messages between distant loved ones. Which elements lend this scene its irony?

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Question 17

The Great Alone

Why is Cora’s funeral the right final scene for the book?

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Question 18

The Great Alone

Why is it significant that Ernt does not lock the gate when the family leaves?

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Question 19

The Great Alone

Why are Leni’s phone calls to the rehab clinic important to her?

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Question 20

The Great Alone

Why does Tom Walker decide to fix up the boarding house as well as the saloon?

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Question 21

The Great Alone

What is the true reason Leni decides to confess her crime?

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Question 22

The Great Alone

Cora laments that Leni has said “I won’t leave you” too many times in her life (390). Why is that sentence so painful to Cora?

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Question 23

The Great Alone

Leni decides at the end of Chapter 22 that she is now willing to leave Cora behind. Why?

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Question 24

The Great Alone

Leni, through the narrator, interjects that Matthew can be certain of the college plan “because he knew how to dream and to believe” (258). Which word best describes this character trait in Matthew?

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Question 25

The Great Alone

Why is it noteworthy that Mad Earl calls the end of the world “TSHTF” (the shit hits the fan)?

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