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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 Avram say will always protect Ofer?

2. Where does Ora say Ilan goes on the second or third day of the war?

3. What does Ora read to Avram when he is in an induced coma?

4. What does Avarm say he never imagined?

5. What always happens to Ofer when Adam is around Ofer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upset Ofer when he was six about the Jews and what did he say about being one?

2. What did Avram begin to do after he and Ora got out of isolation and what did he think about Ilan and Ora?

3. Why does Avram startle Ora as she is writing, what does he ask and what is her reply?

4. How does Ora find out why the doctor wrote in her notebook and why did he do it?

5. What does Avram ask about his mother's house, and what is Ora's response?

6. What does Ora wonder about Ofer and the war what did Ofer do that was hard for Ora to handle?

7. What did Ilan wonder about with Ofer and Avram and what is Ora's response? How do they feel about raising Ofer?

8. How does Ora feel about Ofer forgetting a man in a freezer, what does Illan do about her reaction?

9. How does Avram feel when Ora returns from the store and what does he think about?

10. What does Ora recall about Avram and making love and swimming in a lake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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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Essay Topic 3

"To the End of the Land" belongs to the psychological novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a dramatic novel and a psychological novel?

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