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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 Pa do when the people of Coven Tree arrive to help?
2. What does Ma tell Adam when he comes to breakfast?
3. What do Adam and his father do with the excess water?
4. What does Rowena wonder about Polly?
5. What happens when Rowena's parents investigate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sam say he's been doing in the library and with what result?
2. What does Adam's ma tell him when he goes down to breakfast?
3. What does Rowena tell Henry and Sam and what is Henry's response?
4. What point of view is used in the Epilogue and who is the narrator?
5. What does Adam hear as he is going to bed and what does his pa say about it?
6. What does Adam start doing for his mother and how does he frighten himself?
7. What does Adam promise his mother and what does this promise prompt Adam to do?
8. What does Rowena hear about Adam at a party and what is her thought about it?
9. What does Adam hear about the well on his family's farm and what does he suggest to his pa about the situation?
10. How do the three young people turn out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 Wish Maker, 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 Wish Maker. (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?
Essay Topic 2
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
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "The Wish Giver". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Brittain chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Brittain chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Brittain's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Brittain use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
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