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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 Ofer build in high school that Ora mentions to Avram?
2. What does Ora advice Ofer to never do?
3. Who does Ora decide to apologize to when she gets home?
4. What does Ofer whisper to Ora?
5. What did Avram pray when Ora was pregnant the second time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Avram realize about the trip he is on?
2. What does Ora worry about when she realizes Ofer is sleeping?
3. What does Ora say to Ilan about leaving when she is pregnant with Ofer and what is his answer?
4. What does Avram ask about his mother's house, and what is Ora's response?
5. What does Ora wonder about Ofer and the war what did Ofer do that was hard for Ora to handle?
6. What does Ora recall about Avram and making love and swimming in a lake?
7. What upset Ofer when he was six about the Jews and what did he say about being one?
8. How long did it take Ofer to make a bed and what did he do with it?
9. How does Avram distract Ora from her memories and what does Ora realize when he does distract her?
10. What did Ilan wonder about with Ofer and Avram and what is Ora's response? How do they feel about raising Ofer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
"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?
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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