The Great Alone Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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)

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

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

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

Leni and Ernt’s physical proximity but emotional distance.

2.

Why does it matter so much to Leni that Matthew calls her “Len” on the ferry? (from Chapters 14-16)

She usually dislikes her name.

It proves that he does not know her.

It hints that he can give her an identity beyond her family.

It is the first time he has called her by a nickname.

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.

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

So tourists have somewhere to stay.

In honor of Geneva, who always wanted it fixed.

4.

Why are Leni’s phone calls to the rehab clinic important to her? (from Chapters 23-26)

She still hopes Matthew will get better and come for her.

She cannot write him letters and the calls are the next best thing.

She misses Alaska and the calls connect her to it.

She considers them her last connection to Matthew.

5.

Why does Kristin Hannah skip so quickly through the first summer? (from Chapters 5-7)

Leni is eager for winter to arrive.

The good weather—and hard work—prevent dramatic events.

The summer is exclusively drudgery, and therefore uninteresting.

All of the relationships in the novel are stable.

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