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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 does Mrs. White document?

2. How does Antonia find herself in an unhappy marriage?

3. How does Louis see the situation about the missing girls?

4. What begins to irritate Fielda and Martin?

5. How does Mrs. White treat Calli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surreal scene is described concerning Calli and a fawn?

2. What does Ben want to do and what does he think about as far as Calli being in the woods?

3. How has Calli's bathroom crisis worsened and what does she decide to do?

4. Why does Petra hear a noise and what does she decide to do?

5. What does Calli's father do after Roger comes by?

6. What does Martin remember about his daughter Petra?

7. What do Fielda and Martin do in searching for Petra?

8. How are Fielda and Martin responding to what they see as a lack of action?

9. What is Martin and Fielda's relationship like?

10. What does Calli need to do when she wakes up early one morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Weight of Silence? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Weight of Silence including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Weight of Silence and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Weight of Silence, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Weight of Silence. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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