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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 they learn about the Japanese?
2. What secret does the bald man tell Lina?
3. Why can't Mr. Stalas work?
4. What does the grouchy woman provide for the celebration?
5. What does the mother of a girl who dies do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the prisoners learn about the Japanese and Hitler?
2. What does Lina learn from the bald man about their captivity?
3. How does Elena and Jonas praise Andrius and what is Lina's feeling about the praise?
4. How do the others help Lina celebrate her sixteenth birthday?
5. What does Elena reveal about Kretsky?
6. What does Andrius say about his mother and why she is doing what she does?
7. What does Lina wonder when an American ship arrives?
8. What does Lina observe about Andrius' mother when Lina slips away after eating her potato that Jonas brought?
9. What event makes Lina and Elena decide to stop asking for extra food for Jonas?
10. What does Lina steal and how does she explain it to Andrius?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The fact that the priest is issuing last rites as the train pulls away from the station is a significant indication that others know what's happening to those on the train. This is another question that's asked repeatedly about the atrocities performed by Stalin and Hitler. Why didn't people object? There isn't an easy answer and this question, like the question of why so many went quietly to their deaths, is left to the reader to decide. Discuss the following;
1. How much power does an individual have to end atrocities such as that demonstrated in "Between Shades of Gray"?
2. What characters intervene in the misuse of power and how do they do so? What is the outcome?
3. Do individuals have a moral obligation to try to stop the misuse of power? What about in small ways, such as dealing with a bully?
4. Compare the misuse of power by a dictator to that by a school bully. How are they alike? Different? Is it likely a dictator was a bully as a young person?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Between Shades of Gray".
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Between Shades of Gray". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Between Shades of Gray". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Between Shades of Gray". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Sepetys chooses the symbols she does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Sepetys chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Sepetys's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliff hangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Sepetys use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
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