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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 decision do Uma's parents make that displeases her?
2. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?
3. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?
4. Why was Uma's new husband anxious to get her dowry?
5. What disappoints Papa about Arun as Arun gets older?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Aruna's wedding plans differ from those taken when Uma was to marry?
2. What do Uma and Ramu do one evening that causes Mama and Papa to be angry?
3. How does giving birth to a male child affect Mama's status?
4. Who are the main Indian characters?
5. How is Anamika's life after her marriage?
6. How does Mama and Papa's moods affect the rest of the household?
7. Why does Papa go and bring Uma back home from her new husband's household and how does he react?
8. What does Mira-Masi tell Uma one day about the mark of the Lord, and how does Uma react?
9. How does Mother Agnes respond to Uma's pleas?
10. Why do Mama and Papa not approve of Ramu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
a) 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?
b) What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Fasting, Feasting and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Fasting, Feasting is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
c) 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
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss three of the following:
a) Fully explain why you think Fasting, Feasting is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
b) How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book?
c) Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content?
d) Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
a) What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
b) Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Fasting, Feasting, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
c) Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Fasting, Feasting. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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