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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 Jonas find?
2. What does the grouchy woman provide for the celebration?
3. What interrupts the people's celebration?
4. What do Andrius and his mother send?
5. Who is Ulyushka?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the prisoners waked in the middle of the night and what do they do?
2. How does Elena and Jonas praise Andrius and what is Lina's feeling about the praise?
3. How does Kretsky show his humanity after they have frightened the women?
4. How does Andrius and a Siberian woman help save Jonas' life?
5. What does Lina observe about Andrius' mother when Lina slips away after eating her potato that Jonas brought?
6. What event makes Lina and Elena decide to stop asking for extra food for Jonas?
7. How do the others help Lina celebrate her sixteenth birthday?
8. How do the soldiers harass and frighten the women who have been digging a large hole?
9. What does Elena reveal about Kretsky?
10. What happens to Jonas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not? Does "Between Shades of Gray" have a happy ending? Discuss.
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of "Between Shades of Gray" and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "Between Shades of Gray" is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important part of what makes "Between Shades of Gray" interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Lina. What are her strengths? Weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Kretsky. What are his strengths? Weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Elena. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "Between Shades of Gray"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "Between Shades of Gray" including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate what you think foreshadowing is and how it appears in the book and in your own life.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "Between Shades of Gray" and your own live to support your opinion.
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