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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. At bedtime at one point in Chapter Four, Lizzie begins reading which book to Eli?
2. Which of the following actions does Henry NOT take within Chapter Four?
3. Lizzie enjoys the fact that Will does not mind if she talks endlessly about what subject?
4. Lizzie describes her texts with which character as "scrupulously chaste" (185)?
5. After the election, Lizzie sees Lorraine yelling at their colleague for failing to take which action?
Short Essay Questions
1. What political event has just occurred when Chapter Three begins?
2. Who asks Lizzie to name her fears in Chapter Four and what three elements of life does she name?
3. What detail does Henry share with Lizzie in Chapter Four that compels her to go to Ben with her concerns?
4. What is "milling" (129) in the context of the field called Disaster Psychology?
5. What do the keys featured in Chapter Three symbolize?
6. For what reason does Lizzie stay home during the three weeks of Ben and Eli's absence in Chapter Four?
7. In what kind of dwelling do Ben and Catherine live and what is the significance of this fact?
8. For what reason does Offill allude to C.S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian in Chapter Four?
9. What solution does Lizzie devise in response to Henry's problem, as revealed in Chapter Six?
10. How does Sylvia react when Lizzie shares her plans for creating a 'doomstead' for her family someday?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Offill’s use of characterization methods to portray Lizzie’s brother Henry within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in Weather: A Novel?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of family within the text Weather: A Novel. What types of family relationships are represented and how does Offill use their variety to inform many of the work's themes?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the effects of stress on the novel's characters and the coping methods each character uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which characters' methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent by Weather: A Novel within the text?
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