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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 she do every night?

2. What is the year during which the prologue is set?

3. Where does Ora say Adam is?

4. For how long has Ada been dead in the Prologue?

5. Who is Sami?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sami admit about the young boy and where do they take him?

2. What nightmare does Ora have, what does she feel when she wakes and what does she say to Avram about Ofer?

3. How does Ora feel about Avram's response to the answer in question #26 and what does he think about as he considers her question?

4. How does Ofer try to reach out to his mother and what is her thought about their interaction?

5. What does Ora say about Ada and how does Avram respond?

6. Why does Ofer chastise his mother?

7. What does he find the next night when he returns to her room and what do they do?

8. Why does he yell at her to be quiet and how does she react?

9. What does Ora worry about concerning Avram, but what does she believe about him?

10. What does Ora tell Avram they are going to do and what is his response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "To the End of the Land". Questions that Grossman most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Grossman' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Grossman' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "To the End of the Land".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "To the End of the Land". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "To the End of the Land". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation of how Ora says Avram is her soul mate and yet she marries Ilan.

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use and meaning of five symbols you choose to analyze from "To the End of the Land". What do they symbolize? Is the symbolism obvious? Effective? Does the symbolism contribute to the enjoyment of reading?

3. Discuss five literary devices that occur in "To the End of the Land" and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible techniques: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.

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