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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 are Carla and her siblings sent to do?
2. What does Anita's mother want her to do with her diary?
3. What does Chucha tell the children to pretend?
4. When does Anita use a pencil?
5. Who is Mr. Washburn?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mami ask Anita not to do?
2. What does the teacher tell Carla and Anita after she goes outside to talk to Carla's mother?
3. Why does Anita use a pencil in her journal?
4. What does Papi say when he returns from work?
5. How does Anita feel when Oscar comes over to play with Sammy?
6. What do the secret police do and say at the compound, and what worries Anita?
7. Where is Anita at the opening of the story, and what is she doing?
8. What do Anita and Chucha see at Toni's house and what does Chucha tell Anita?
9. How does Antia compare American elections to those of her country?
10. Why do parents not like their daughters to go out in public places?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Before We Were Free." 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 "Before We Were Free." Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Before We Were Free. Who is free at the beginning of "Before We Were Free"? Who is free by the end of of the novel? What price was paid for freedom? What types of freedom besides physical freedom are implied?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Before We Were Free."
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Before We Were Free." How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Before We Were Free." How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Often authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Julia Alvarez.
2. What in Alvarez's background may have helped her in writing "Before We Were Free"? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his or her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
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