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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 feel happens when she writes?
2. How does the boy in the hospital during the war signal enemy planes?
3. Where does Ofer have to be taken?
4. Why does Ora try to distract Avram?
5. What does Ofer want Ora to do for him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What nightmare does Ora have, what does she feel when she wakes and what does she say to Avram about Ofer?
2. What does Sami admit about the young boy and where do they take him?
3. What does Ora do after they eat, what does Avram ask her and what is her response?
4. What happens when Ora is watching the news at 9 that night?
5. What does Ora worry about concerning Avram, but what does she believe about him?
6. What does Sami say when he returns to the phone?
7. How does Sami react to driving Ora and Ofer and how does that make Ora feel?
8. Why does Ofer chastise his mother?
9. Why does he go to sleep in her room and what do they discuss when he wakes again?
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
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 2
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Avram and Ilan. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Ora and Avram and Ora and Ilan. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "To the End of the Land" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Avram and Ilan. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Ora and Avram and Ora and Ilan. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in To the End of the Land help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "To the End of the Land". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of relationships in "To the End of the Land". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Analyze the relationships among the major characters, answering such questions as: Is the relationship healthy or dysfunctional; how important is the relationship to those who are a part of that relationship; discuss the relationship between Avram and Ofer--is it a relationship? Why or why not.
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "To the End of the Land". Why is the possibility of death so close to the surface of the characters' thoughts? What kinds of death are possible? How do you think characters are impacted by the possibility of sudden death in a country torn by war and terrorism?
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