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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does the snow first fall on the settlement at Spring Creek?
2. Who teaches Per Hansa how to fish?
3. What does Per Hansa find when he goes to check on Beret after harvesting the wheat?
4. What does Henry Solum offer to Per Hansa for the winter?
5. Who does Hans Olsa ask Per Hansa to bring to him before he dies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Isolation and loneliness are important parts of the novel especially in the beginning when the settlers first come to the place where they will live. Discuss the themes of isolation and loneliness in the novel. How are they exhibited in the novel? Are they experienced by any specific characters or are they a universal feeling? How would these themes affect a pioneer family? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Beret Hansa goes through many ups and downs and her emotional struggle is up front for the reader to experience all through the novel. Discuss Beret's emotional state. How does it change? What prompts her depression? How do her emotion stir her actions? How does her emotional state affect the other members of the community? Where is she emotionally by the end of the novel? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Giants in the Earth is full of lush description and vivid imagery. Discuss this imagery, using several examples from the book. Where and how does the author use devices such as personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, etc.? How do they add to the novel? What impact do they have on the reader?
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