The Great Alone Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

“The ocean … sprayed up and landed like wet kisses on their skin” (269). Which type of imagery is this? (from Chapters 17-19)

Personification.

Simile.

Metaphor.

Hyperbole.

2.

What are the dominant symbolic features of the Harlan family homestead? (from Chapters 3-4)

Practicality and preparedness.

Suspicion and survival.

Community and love.

Hope and belonging.

3.

Why does Tom Walker decide to fix up the boarding house as well as the saloon? (from Chapters 12-13)

To publicly humiliate Ernt.

So tourists have somewhere to stay.

In honor of his mother, who made the stained glass windows in its lobby.

In honor of Geneva, who always wanted it fixed.

4.

Why is Ernt an exception to the novel’s theme of enduring familial love? (from Chapters 23-26)

He does not see his daughter grow up.

He is severed from his own family.

His mental illness overcomes his emotional ties.

He is too selfish.

5.

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? (from Chapters 10-11)

Leni and Ernt’s physical proximity but emotional distance.

The cold in the car and the emotional warmth on the radio.

The people on the radio may reach out in time, but it is too late for Leni and Ernt.

Leni and Ernt’s silence and the radio’s noise.

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