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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. Why did Griff sometimes beat on Ben?
2. How does Antonia find herself in an unhappy marriage?
3. What does Petra hear?
4. What begins to irritate Fielda and Martin?
5. What does Antonia have in common with Martin concerning this situation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Antonia do in her search for the girls and how is she like Martin concerning her daughter?
2. What does Martin reflect about concerning his childhood?
3. What surreal scene is described concerning Calli and a fawn?
4. What does Calli need to do when she wakes up early one morning?
5. What is Martin and Fielda's relationship like?
6. What does Louis tell Fitzgerald about Griff?
7. What happens when Calli's father sees her?
8. How has Calli's bathroom crisis worsened and what does she decide to do?
9. How does Calli's previous times playing in the woods help her now?
10. Who is banging on Antonia's door and what do they want?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Weight of Silence.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Weight of Silence. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Weight of Silence. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 2
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 The Weight of Silence is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Antonia cares for her son, making sure he eats. She reflects on her life choices, realizing that Louis was all she ever needed. When she felt abandoned by him, she cut him off, ending out on the path that led her to a very unhappy marriage. She knows that Griff has a good side to him, and part of her loves him. However, his drinking is more important to him, and it turns him into an unlovable man. Antonia can't help thinking she destroys everything she is a part of even though her children adore her.
1. Why do you think Louis would begin to look better to Antonia in the situation in the book? Use examples from you own life and the text to support your answer.
2. Discuss why you think Antonia married Griff when Louis went off to college. Use examples from you own life and the text to support your answer.
3. Why do you think Antonia thinks she destroys everything of which she is a part? What examples are there in the text that support and do not support this belief. Use examples from you own life and the text to support your answer.
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