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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 Martin do after seeing Petra?

2. Why does Sam Garfield leave his former job?

3. What does Ben do when she sees him in her dream?

4. Why does Antonia have to leave her house?

5. What do Martin and Antonia need to do to be able to go search for the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Martin and Fielda not allow Petra to do and what explanation do they give?

2. What happens after Calli said her brother's name?

3. What are Calli and Antonia doing when Ben arrives at the hospital?

4. What day does Calli think about that included Petra, Lucky and Sergeant?

5. What does Louis see in the trees and why doesn't he immediately investigate?

6. Why does Louis' wife call him and what does she say?

7. What does Calli think about Mr. Wilson?

8. Who are a couple men the police are looking into?

9. What happens when Martin sees Ben by Petra?

10. What occurs at the press conference that Martin, Fielda and Antonia go to?

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 The Weight of Silence 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

The Weight of Silence belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a young adult novel and a historical novel mystery?

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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