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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 do some of the women do with Marina?
2. About what is Fox pleased?
3. What does Dr. Swenson say Marina must do or Swenson will drop her on the shore?
4. What does Dr. Swenson say is more the issue than morality?
5. What is one thing Marina does on her time off?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Marina write' how is the letter to be posted, and what letters does Easter keep giving her?
2. Who are on the boat going to the trading post?
3. Why does Marina go into the jungle every day and what does she wonder about her doing so?
4. What does Swenson do immediately upon arriving and who helps Marina?
5. What does Swenson tell Marina about Easter?
6. What has Marina been doing since performing the C section, and what does she want to do?
7. How does Marina save Easter's life?
8. What shocks Marina one day as the boat from Manaus arrives, and how does she feel about it?
9. How does Marina realize Swenson is nearly seventy?
10. What does Marina learn about the Martins and Rapps?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think State of Wonder is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss State of Wonder based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if State of Wonder is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider State of Wonder a successful novel? What about young teens?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in State of Wonder. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in State of Wonder. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of ethics and morals in State of Wonder. How does the morals of a character show up? Who seems to have shaky morals? Who seems to have good ethics? How did the ethics and morals of the characters affect the story?
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