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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 color roses does Sara buy for her hat?

2. Why do people shun Sara at the funeral in Chapter 28?

3. Who are the first people Sara visits after graduating from college?

4. What color clothing does Sara wear during the years she goes to night school?

5. How does Sara keep her new apartment after she becomes a teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Max Goldstein look like?

2. Why does Sara choose to go to the freshman class dance at college?

3. Describe who Mr. Edman is and what he does for a living.

4. What does Sara refuse to do at her mother's funeral and why?

5. How does Sara feel about her surroundings when she first goes to college?

6. Why does Fania insist that Sara will become an old maid?

7. Why does Sara burn a shirt while ironing in Chapter 11?

8. What items does Shenah bring Sara when she vists her at her apartment in Chapter 11?

9. Why does Sara not fit in with the rest of the girls on her first day of college gym class?

10. Why does Sara tell her mother that she can not come visit her in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sara experiences feelings of anger very often throughout the story. Often, her anger works against her. It inhibits her to think and act maturely in certain situations. Write an essay exploring the feelings of anger Sara experiences throughout Bread Givers and how she deals with it. What are some of the things that make Sara angry? What subject in college helps her understand and manipulate her anger? How does she learn to deal with it? Use examples from the book to support your writing.

Essay Topic 2

Food is often used to connect events throughout the story. Whether it be Shenah's cooking or the food in the cafeteria on Grand Street, the end result is the same. Write an essay detailing where and when food is used to connect events in Bread Givers. What does food symbolize? Shenah is known for making which dishes? The food at the Grand Street Cafeteria represents what to Sara and other working girls? Why is Mrs. Feinstein's cooking brought up as a subject at the end of the story? Use examples from the book to support your writing.

Essay Topic 3

Sara struggles for acceptance by those around her all throughout the story. Her family does not understand her ambitions and neither do some of her peers at work and school. Write an essay explaining the efforts Sara makes to gain acceptance from those around her. What are some of the things she tries to do to blend in with those around her? What events does she attend in an attempt to feel akin to those around her? Be sure the provide examples to support your writing.

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