Lost in Yonkers Papers & Assignment Topics

Essay Topics/Writing Assignments

These 20 essay questions can be used as essay questions on a test, or as stand-alone essay topics for a take-home or in-class writing assignment. Students should have a full understanding of the text in order to answer these questions. They ask for a thorough analysis of the text.

1. Arty and Jay do not want to stay with their grandmother.
Part 1) Why?

Part 2) Why must they stay with their grandmother?

Part 3) How are they able to accept that they must stay with her?

2. The war is good news for Eddie.
Part 1) What war?

Part 2) Why is this war good news for Eddie?

Part 3) What is difficult about Eddie's situation?

3. There is more intrigue at this home than Arty and Jay could ever have imagined.
Part 1) What is intriguing to the...
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