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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 is the village Bear and Crispin reach?
2. What is Crispin eventually able to do?
3. What does Aycliffe demand from the boy?
4. How could Crispin become free?
5. What does the man tell Crispin the punishment for theft is?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Crispin see when he looks inside a church and what is Crispin asked?
2. What does the boy see after he spends the night in the forest, and what does he realize?
3. How does Bear provide dinner for him and Crispin and what does Bear say about the dinner and how he feels about it?
4. What does Crispin do when he sees a group of men waiting for him?
5. What do Bear and Crispin see in the distance, and what is at the bridge?
6. What does the boy hear when he wakes?
7. Why can't Bear be hung?
8. How does the man treat Crispin and how does Crispin feel about it?
9. What does Crispin find on the south road and what does he think about it?
10. Why does Bear look at Crispin's cross, and what does Crispin think about Bear's statement about the cross?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Crispin: The Cross of Lead". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Avi chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Avi chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Avi's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Avi use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by this story, questions that Avi most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Avi's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Avi's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?
2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?
3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?
4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?
5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.
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