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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 happens to the solider?

2. What does Hanna's paternal grandmother have only one leg?

3. Who is Klara Blocker?

4. What illness does Renate suffer as a child?

5. Why does the mother go there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Trudi treated as a child?

2. Describe Trudi Montag.

3. Describe the narrator of these stories.

4. Who is Klara Blocker?

5. How is Oma healed of the second blood clot?

6. Describe Hanna's father.

7. What does Matthias do about Hanna's suggestion about the man who visits him?

8. What is rumored about the child of the local midwife?

9. What does Hanna notice about Matthias after he receives a regular visitor and what does she say to Matthias about her observation?

10. What do many people believe is the cause of Trudi becoming an old maid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Floating in My Mother's Palm belongs to the general fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the general fiction genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a general fiction novel and a mystery?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Floating in My Mother's Palm.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Floating in My Mother's Palm. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Floating in My Mother's Palm. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Floating in My Mother's Palm? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Floating in My Mother's Palm including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Floating in My Mother's Palm and your own live to support your opinion.

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