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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. Lizzie begins attending which types of classes in Chapter One?

2. What products does Ben create at work?

3. Lizzie reports that her "crankiest" (19) patrons are which people?

4. Lizzie has been trying for some time to get a hole in the fence around what location fixed?

5. Lizzie works in which part of the university where she went to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What time of year is it by the time Chapter One comes to a close?

2. Who is Mohan and what is he like?

3. How do most students' expectations of meditation class differ from what Margot provides?

4. Discuss the demographics of Eli's school and how Lizzie feels about them.

5. For what reason does Lizzie go on fewer trips with Sylvia in the summer?

6. What does Ben do for Lizzie on her birthday?

7. Describe the protagonist's immediate family as depicted in Chapter One of Weather: A Novel.

8. For what reason does Offill include Mohan's opinions about the upcoming election in Chapter Two?

9. What does the moth from Madagascar symbolize and why?

10. Discuss an instance when the motif of dreams enters the narrative of Chapter Two.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look carefully at the passages of Weather: A Novel that describe the close relationship between Lizzie and her husband Ben. What is Offill’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection that has been forged within their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Offill’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Weather: A Novel.

Essay Topic 3

What message does Offill send within the pages of Weather: A Novel concerning the link between climate change and the end of humanity?

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