Bee Season: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Myla Goldberg
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Bee Season: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Myla Goldberg
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliza think her family appears like in the photographs?

2. What does Eliza think the spelling bee test will amplify?

3. What does Aaron's father present him with at his bar mitzvah?

4. What kind of game does Eliza think the day has become?

5. Which of Saul's suggestions start to frustrate Eliza during the competition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aaron's first experience at a Catholic Church.

2. How does Miriam make it easier for herself to steal things?

3. What does Eliza remember seeing happening to her brother when she was in kindergarten?

4. Describe Saul's relationship with his children at the beginning of this book?

5. How does Miriam hurt her head?

6. In what way could the marriage of Saul and Miriam be described as unconventional?

7. What problems is Saul experiencing with both of his children in this section?

8. How does Aaron when Saul tells him what has happened to his mother?

9. How does Eliza think she is different from her family before she wins the spelling bee contest?

10. How does Abulafia's books help Eliza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does his parents withholding his Jewish identity affect Saul in his later life? Why do did his parents withhold their true identity from him? How different would his character have been if he knew his Jewish identity?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author foreshadow the problems that occur late in the book? Why is foreshadowing important to a story?

Essay Topic 3

What is Miriam's relationship with her children? How does this relationship effect both her and the children?

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