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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 are the victim(s) shot?
2. What do they ask at the restaurant?
3. Who is Karin Baum?
4. What was Anton Immers' occupation?
5. What causes Manfred's father to become violent?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Hanna and Renate search for Hans-Jurgen and what is the outcome?
2. What is the effect of the painter's actions on Anton and what do the townspeople say about it?
3. What does Manfred's father do with the money and then what does he ask his wife when he returns home?
4. Who is the new person in town and how does this involve Hannelore?
5. How and why does Anton cull his violets?
6. Who is Hannelore Beier?
7. Who is Anton Immers?
8. What upsets Hanna about her father after her mother died and where does she go to get away from the situation?
9. How does Rolf learn about his father?
10. Why does Hanna's mother feel guilty when she hears about Karin Baum's situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Floating in My Mother's Palm. 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 love in Floating in My Mother's Palm. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in Floating in My Mother's Palm.
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important part of what makes Floating in My Mother's Palm interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Hanna. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Hanna's mother. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Hanna's father. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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