Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the narrator help Pashka?
2. What does Pashka take the narrator to observe?
3. What does the narrator learn months later from Mr. Bond?
4. Who is Pashka?
5. What does Pashka demand to know from the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the only person in the narrator's class who treats him kindly?
2. What does the narrator begin to learn in Chapter 12 in class to protect the fatherland and how does he feel about the process of learning this?
3. What does the narrator do upon returning from Russia?
4. Why does the narrator think he is being accepted by his classmates, what does he see as the three types of cliques in a crowd and how does his acceptance affect his writing?
5. What story does the narrator relate to Pashka?
6. Who does the narrator notice while doing sequences and what does he notice about her?
7. What do the narrator and Pashka do on their fishing trips?
8. What does the narrator do about three years after staying in the tombs and why was it difficult to do? How did he overcome the difficulty?
9. What does the narrator do after he accidentally insults a girl at a dance?
10. How does the narrator's interest in Russia cause him problems?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?
2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?
3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?
4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?
5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Dreams of My Russian Summers". 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 "Dreams of My Russian Summers". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Dreams of My Russian Summers". Consider not only the physical deaths but the death of innocence or the death of ignorance.
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think "Dreams of My Russian Summers" is? Explain your response.
|
This section contains 1,182 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
