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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. It is revealed in Chapter Four that Lizzie took what action the last time that Henry suffered a severe relapse?

2. In what year does one scientific study predict that New York City will begin to experience catastrophic events due to climate change?

3. On Will's last day in New York City, he and Lizzie visit what type of location?

4. What meal does Lizzie eat while reading the book containing sayings by the Desert Fathers?

5. Lizzie watches Iris before work one morning so that Henry can go run what errand?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason are Ben and Will away from home for three weeks during Chapter Four?

2. What solution does Lizzie devise in response to Henry's problem, as revealed in Chapter Six?

3. For what reason does Lizzie begin to skip meditation classes with Margot?

4. Discuss an instance when Offill uses a literary device to illustrate some aspect of the sibling relationship between Ben and Lizzie.

5. What detail does Henry share with Lizzie in Chapter Four that compels her to go to Ben with her concerns?

6. What political event has just occurred when Chapter Three begins?

7. What purpose does Offill have in mind when including the detail that Catherine always gets home from work at seven in the evening?

8. For what reason does Lizzie stay home during the three weeks of Ben and Eli's absence in Chapter Four?

9. For what reason does Offill allude to C.S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian in Chapter Four?

10. Describe two incidents that demonstrate Lizzie's concern about the growing feelings of hate in the wake of Trump's election.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Henry's role within the events of the novel and explain how his character helps to further develop certain themes inherent in Offill's piece.

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

Choose an object from Weather: A Novel, such as the green coat, the educational video game, the slips of paper on which Henry writes his horrific visions, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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