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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 is decided about Susie's birthday?
2. Why are the students unsettled about the visitors to the classroom?
3. What time of year is it when the novel opens?
4. What is Chucha's opinion about these men?
5. What does Lucinda tell Susie about her upcoming birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Chucha and why she is mentioned.
2. Why is Anita spending more time in the bathroom?
3. What does Anita realize about Sam as she writes in her diary?
4. How does Anita begin to see their leader in a different light?
5. What does Chucha reply when Anita asks about seeing her cousins again, and how does Anita feel about the answer?
6. What are Carla and her siblings told to do when they get home, and what does Carla do?
7. Upon what occasion do the people living in the compound decide to have a party?
8. How do Anita and Carla react to Carla's leaving, and how does Mami comfort them?
9. Why does Anita use a pencil in her journal?
10. What does Papi explain to Anita about Carla when Anita gets home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The setting for this novel is The Dominican Republic in the 1960's. Discuss the following:
1. Research the setting of The Dominican Republic in the 1960's and write a brief description of the area, its climate, the primary means of livelihood, and its location within the world.
2. Do you think The Dominican Republic is a good choice for the setting of this novel? Why or why not?
4. How different do you think the The Dominican Republic in the 1960's is from The Dominican Republic of today? Explain some differences and similarities.
5. Examine three scenes in the novel and explain how the setting influences what happens in the action of those scenes.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot? Define any elements that you list. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Before We Were Free," identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot or the various elements? Why or why not?
3. Identify the major sub-plots in "Before We Were Free," identifying their various elements. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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