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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 do Athos and Jakob gather?

2. What effect does hearing the old tongue have on Jakob?

3. What restaurants do Athos and Jakob frequent?

4. What is Jakob to do when Alex leaves him?

5. What do the Greeks seem to have caught from the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Athos relate natural phenomenon to railroads and the Holocaust?

2. What does Athos do and say before he and Jakob leave for Canada?

3. What does Jakob sense from his hiding place as his family is killed?

4. Describe Alex.

5. What thoughts does Jakob have about the Catalan Atlas and history?

6. What is Jakob's reaction to reading Athos' letters?

7. What does Jakob do after he witnesses the invasion of his home?

8. How does Jakob learn English, and of what is he proud as he is mastering the language?

9. How does Jakob end up in Greece?

10. How does Athos cause Jakob to understand the power of poetry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Fugitive Pieces" 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?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. 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 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Fugitive Pieces" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "Fugitive Pieces" a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Fugitive Pieces". Questions that Michaels 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 Michaels' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Michaels' 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 Michaels and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.

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