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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 shocks Will the first day he is on deck?
2. Where did Will, Henry, and Beanpole travel together?
3. What happens to the boys' raft?
4. Why is Fritz chosen to go to the games?
5. Why did Will, Henry, and Beanpole travel together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Will forced to do in his journey to White Mountain?
2. How do the boys end up in the river?
3. Why are Will, Henry, and Beanpole working so hard and at what are they working?
4. Who elects to stay below deck first and where do they stay?
5. Why are the three friends chosen to compete?
6. Why do the boys want to win in their sporting event?
7. What does the person the boys see do and what do they ask him?
8. How did Will and his friends learn about White Mountain?
9. What does the man say when he answers the boys' question?
10. Why does Moritz become concerned when they stop at a small village?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the conclusion of a novel, most readers either consciously or unconsciously engage in processing the book and usually come to a conclusion as to whether they like the book or not. Discuss one of the following:
1. Would you consider THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD a "good" book? Why or why not? Use examples to illustrate your stance.
2. What do you think are the elements of an outstanding novel? Analyze one of your favorite novels to see if those elements are present.
3. What are some reasons you might consider a novel a failure? Analyze a novel you think is a failure and see if those elements are in that novel.
Essay Topic 2
When Will left White Mountain to go to the games in hopes of entering the Tripod City he did so in order to find a way to fight the aliens. The two groups, Tripods and Humans are set up as evil and good. In a majority of fiction there are usually clear lines between "good and evil." Will runs into a small glitch in his good and evil thinking -- his Master decides to be friends and for the most part treats him well.
1. Although no true friendship can exist between a master and a slave -- the power distribution is too uneven, Will certainly fares better than Fritz. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. Do you think in any group of people all of the members are either evil or good? For example is it possible there are some good in the aliens? Why or why not?
3. Describe a situation in the 21st. Century that you think represents an alignment of Good on one side, and of Evil on the other.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
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