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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. Which character does Lizzie's mother warn not to watch too much political news that may be upsetting?
2. Henry worries about the meaning of a photograph of a man carrying his child on his back over how many miles?
3. The back-to-school concert song Eli likes best turns out to be which song?
4. Lizzie reports that Eli's elementary school is made up of ten percent white children. What term does she use to describe most of the rest of the students there?
5. Who writes the words 'self care' on Henry's hand in Chapter Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of William Derham's 1711 quote, when viewed in the context of Sylvia's hope for the future?
2. What act of altruism does Lizzie fondly remember from the night she gave birth to Eli?
3. What does the moth from Madagascar symbolize and why?
4. For what reason does Offill include Mohan's opinions about the upcoming election in Chapter Two?
5. For what reason does Lizzie go on fewer trips with Sylvia in the summer?
6. What is the significance of the scene in which Eli and Lizzie gaze at the moon together in Chapter One?
7. Who is Sylvia?
8. Characterize the relationship between Lizzie and her brother Henry.
9. Where does Henry go when he loses his apartment in Chapter One?
10. What is Hell and High Water and how does Lizzie get involved with it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
All of the characters in the novel have specific yet varied relationships with money. Examine the theme of money in the text and how it affects the various characters.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of addiction with Offill's text Weather: A Novel. What messages are being sent about the nature of addiction and what response does the text intend to provoke from its audience?
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Offill’s novel Weather: A Novel. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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