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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 is Julia determined to see?
2. What do most of the women receive for sentences?
3. Who is Pickwick?
4. What does Ginzburg write?
5. Why are Julia and Ginzburg put outside for an hour and a half?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ginzburg say about the ongoing political purges and how do some of the prisoners view the likely incarceration of some of those fallen under the most recent purges?
2. When is Ginzburg freed and what does she persist in believing in despite her life in prison?
3. What small joy do Ginzburg and the other prisoners enjoy when the Black Maria is late?
4. What happens when Ginzburg is taken to Magadan Infirmary?
5. What range of sentences are the women whom Ginzburg meets given, and why does Ginzburg consider herself lucky?
6. What is it like for Ginzburg in her cell at the prison?
7. What does Dr. Pickwick insist upon in treating Julia and Ginzburg?
8. What happens when Julia and Ginzburg see a flower in the courtyard?
9. What happens when Ginzburg is having a conversation with Zinaida Tulub?
10. What new rule is forced upon the prisoners and how do they react to the restriction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ginzburg's frustration over failing to prove her innocence increases to anger over the hypocrisy and corrupt nature of the hearings. The charges multiply against her. Suspicions, rumors, and false accusations are rippling throughout Soviet Russia, and as a result, no charges are being taken lightly. Ginzburg's charges now carry the weight of criminal offense.
1. Discuss how frustration might turn to anger in almost any situation. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
2. What do you think the corruption of the hearings says about the government at the time? Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
3. Discuss the effects that suspicions, rumors, and false accusations might have on a society. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?
2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?
3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?
4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?
5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful memoir?
2. Analyze and discuss Journey Into the Whirlwind based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Journey Into the Whirlwind is a successful memoir.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful memoir should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Journey Into the Whirlwind a successful memoir? What about young teens?
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