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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. Where does Maya's mother go directly from the hospital?
2. What favor does Grace ask of Rafe during one of their diner meetings?
3. What is Grace's response when her mother asks about the boy she has been seen hanging out with?
4. In what condiment do Grace, Joaquin and Maya find they all like to dip their french fries?
5. What is Birdie's real name?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of secrecy depicted within Claire's accusations toward Maya during their fight that ends in a break-up?
2. What does Joaquin view as ironic about everyone making college plans around him at school?
3. In what ways do Grace's parents try to get her engaged in life again after Peach's birth and adoption?
4. What lie does Joaquin tell Mark and Linda about his recent visits with Ana, his therapist?
5. How does Joaquin feel after his altercation with Adam and why?
6. What are the living arrangements in Maya's family after her parent's separation?
7. What does the narrator mean when stating that Grace feels "trapped in the amber of her pregnancy" (182)?
8. What reasons does Joaquin provide when he tells Grace and Maya that he told Mark and Linda he did not want them to adopt him?
9. What does Joaquin do when he is overcome by the feelings associated with his altercation with Adam?
10. What do the Oreos symbolize in the scene between Lauren and Maya?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of Far From the Tree using the third-person omniscient point of view Also discuss the author's choice to switch back and forth among the perspectives of Grace, Maya, and Joaquin. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Robin Benway's novel Far From the Tree and what is the author's message regarding these themes?
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