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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. When does he notice this about Hannelore?
2. What upsets Hanna about six months after her mother dies?
3. Whose arrival in town one day affects Hannelore's life?
4. What precipitates Manfred's father's death?
5. Why is Hanna upset?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Manfred Weiler's family live?
2. Who is the new person in town and how does this involve Hannelore?
3. Where do Hanna and Renate search for Hans-Jurgen and what is the outcome?
4. How does Manfred's father end up dead?
5. How does Rolf learn about his father?
6. What does Manfred's father do with the money and then what does he ask his wife when he returns home?
7. What is the effect of the painter's actions on Anton and what do the townspeople say about it?
8. What happens to a young couple who are in their car and who do the townspeople think is responsible?
9. From where does Hans-Jurgen escape and who decides to search for him?
10. How does Manfred's father endanger Manfred?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hanna learns more about her parents as she grows older. This collection of stories tells the reader some of the things she learned about her parents as a young girl. Hanna learned that her father is a conservative man who often does not act impetuously. However, Hanna's father was engaged to another woman when he met and decided to marry her reckless mother. Hanna studies her parents' relationship and sees them as balancing one another out, her father keeping her mother safe and her mother injecting some happiness and excitement into her father's life.
1. How do you think a child's views of her/his parents change as they grow older? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Explain the cliche: Opposites attract; in relation to Hanna's parents. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. How do you think Hanna's life was affected by her parents' relationship and their individual differences? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by Floating in My Mother's Palm. Questions that Hegi most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Hegi's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Hegi's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Hegi and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.
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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