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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 are the hallucinogenic mushrooms called?
2. What does Dr. Swenson believe is good for the health?
3. What does Marina learn about the trees that produce the fertility compound?
4. What does Nancy say Dr. Saturn's father was trying to do to his son?
5. How is Marina left?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens during the siesta that makes Swenson dump Marina on the deck?
2. What does Easter do that upsets Marina and how does Swenson react?
3. How does Marina realize Swenson is nearly seventy?
4. Who does Marina write' how is the letter to be posted, and what letters does Easter keep giving her?
5. Why is Dr. Nkomo in Brazil?
6. Who are on the boat going to the trading post?
7. What does Marina observe when she accompanies Dr. Buni and Nancy to the fertility trees?
8. What does Swenson tell Marina about Easter?
9. What is Swenson's philosophy about intervention in the lives of the tribes?
10. What does Marina learn about the Martins and Rapps?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think State of Wonder is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by State of Wonder. Questions that Patchett 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 Patchett' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Patchett' 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 Patchett and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in State of Wonder.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of State of Wonder. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of State of Wonder. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
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