White Noise Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

White Noise Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was Eric Massingale's former profession?

2. Which character says that she was thinking seriously of eating "yogurt and wheat germ" at this first lunch depicted in the novel?

3. When the family sees this person on TV, they are surprised and scared.

4. What game does Heinrich play with someone in prison?

5. What color does Jack use to describe the moon when he and Babette walk home from the Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mood of the family when they are shopping at the mall?

2. Why did Babette want to see "station-wagon" day?

3. Why is Bob Pardee passing through town?

4. What does Babette look like?

5. Describe Jack's German teacher. What does he look like?

6. Why did they evacuate the grade school in Chapter 9?

7. Babette's class at the Church is made of what kind of people learning what activities?

8. Why did Jack name Heinrich Heinrich?

9. What is the conflict between Babette and Denise, vis-a-vis sugarless gum?

10. Jack opens up Chapter 20 by listing various people's deaths and talking about how they died. Name one of them, and describe why you think Jack is listing them.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

DeLillo's plot/conflict structure can be considered an innovation. Describe how he advanced the plot/story events, developed the conflict and brought it to a climax. Would you consider it innovative? Why or why not? Be sure to offer specific examples that address both form and content.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role that television plays in the life of the Gladney family. What is DeLillo trying to communicate about the way Americans watch television, or about what is produced and broadcast? Is this novel a critique of a "media generation"? Has television changed substantially since 1985? Would a new version of this novel include the internet in similar ways? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is an important technique. Write an essay that explains how DeLillo foreshadows the Airborne Toxic Event with a series of prior events. Describe the events and be specific about his foreshadowing technique.

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