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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 Ora notice about Avram?
2. What does Avram say the pill will soon do?
3. What does Rami need?
4. Where does Ofer have to be taken?
5. What does Avram ask Ora when he calls?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are Ora and Avram as the sun rises and how did they get there?
2. What is Akiva doing when Ora and Avram meet him and what does he suggest to them? What is their response?
3. How does Sami react when Ora drags Avram to the car?
4. Why is Ora annoyed and what does Avram like about their meetings?
5. What does Ora recall about the first time Ilan left her and conceiving Adam?
6. Why does he yell at her to be quiet and how does she react?
7. What makes Avram think he wants to marry Ora?
8. What happens when Ora is watching the news at 9 that night?
9. Why does Ofer chastise his mother?
10. What did Ora think upon first seeing Avram the night before?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ora, Ilan and Avram have a relationship among them that is complex and perhaps difficult for the reader to understand and/or accept. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly trace and analyze Ora's relationship with Avram. How does it develop? What does each offer the other? Is it a fully healthy relationship? Or is parts of it dysfunctional? What does each person gain from the relationship? How important is the relationship to each of them?
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Ora's relationship with Ilan. How does it develop? What does each offer the other? Is it a fully healthy relationship? Or is parts of it dysfunctional? What does each person gain from the relationship? How important is the relationship to each of them?
3. Thoroughly trace and analyze Ilan's relationship with Avram. How does it develop? What does each offer the other? Is it a fully healthy relationship? Or is parts of it dysfunctional? What does each person gain from the relationship? How important is the relationship to each of them?
Essay Topic 2
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think "To the End of the Land" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. Research and write an expository essay about the political situation in Israel in the year 1967. What is Israel's attitude towards its Arab nations (choose one)? What is the Arab nations (choose one) attitude towards Israel? Is the only resolution to this conflict likely to be continual war? Why or why not?
2. Research and write an expository essay about the political situation in Israel in the year 2000. What is Israel's attitude towards its Arab nations (choose one)? What is the Arab nations (choose one) attitude towards Israel? Is the only resolution to this conflict likely to be continual war? Why or why not?
3. How does the political situation inform the plot of "To the End of the Land"? The characters' actions? The characters' beliefs?
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