Burger's Daughter | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Pages 9-39

1. At the beginning of the novel, how is Rosa's age crucial to the intensity of the story?

2. What politics are the Burgers involved in and what is their stand on the issue?

3. What is the relationship between Conrad and Rosa from the time they met to the end of the first section of the book?

4. How is Rosa's life tragic as shown in the first section of the novel?

5. In the first section of the novel pages 9-39, many points of view are...
(read more)