The Great Alone Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why is it significant that Ernt does not lock the gate when the family leaves? (from Chapters 20-22)

Ernt makes mistakes when he is impatient.

Ernt’s behavior is becoming erratic.

The wall is to deter trespassers, not stop them.

The wall is for confinement, not protection.

2.

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? (from Chapters 27-29)

Cora has been holding Leni back from safety and happiness.

Leni has made all the sacrifices for Cora that Cora should have made for Leni.

Leni is too self-sacrificing.

Leni has always been too stubborn to do what is right.

3.

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 physical proximity but emotional distance.

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.

4.

Characters and narrator frequently comment on the connection between Ernt’s drinking and his temper. Which statement best describes their precise connection? (from Chapters 8-9)

He drinks when he is already feeling violent, worsening those feelings.

They are both caused by his trauma.

Guilt from his temper drives him to drink.

The drinking causes his violent outbursts.

5.

Kristin Hannah places Ernt’s worsening condition side by side with Leni and Matthew’s budding romance. Which literary technique is this? (from Chapters 14-16)

Contrast.

Compartmentalization.

Juxtaposition.

Foil.

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