Autumn: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ali Smith
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Autumn: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ali Smith
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How old was Hannah Gluck in 1943?

2. What does Elisabeth do for a living?

3. Why does Daniel run in Part 1?

4. What does Daniel think the name of the woman was that he went to Paris with?

5. What does Elisabeth read while she waits at the post office in Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in September 2015 in Nice that upset people?

2. When Elisabeth was 13, what did Wendy decide about Elisabeth's relationship with Daniel?

3. In pages 53-57, when Elisabeth and Wendy go for a walk and find a fence blocking the way, what does Wendy say that she is tired of?

4. What collage did Daniel describe to Elisabeth in 1995?

5. What does Elisabeth try to do at the post office in pages 1-52, and how successful is she?

6. In 1993, why did Elisabeth want to talk to Daniel when he was her neighbor?

7. In pages 41-42, what does a care assistant tell Elisabeth about Daniel?

8. In pages 1-13, after Daniel makes clothes in his dream and returns to the shore, what does he see?

9. When Elisabeth nods off when she is visiting Daniel, what does she see in her dream in pages 37-40?

10. In 1993, what did Daniel tell Elisabeth about his name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is divided into three sections, with each section being a month. How do the months of September, October, and November mirror what is going on in the lives of the characters? How do they especially reveal what is going on in Daniel’s life?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses a narrative style of stream of consciousness throughout the novel. How is stream of consciousness used to describe Daniel’s state of mind? What information does stream of consciousness provide about Daniel? How does the technique reveal information about Daniel that readers could not know otherwise?

Essay Topic 3

How is Wendy hypocritical toward others? How does her hypocrisy cause her to treat truth as being relative? Why does that lead to moral relativism?

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