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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. How does Andrew seem when Yolanda reaches him at the park?
2. Who is Shirley Piper?
3. Why is Andrew uninterested in the photograph?
4. Who is Vic Watts?
5. Who scolds Andrew?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Vic use music to make a connection with Andrew?
2. What is the other terrible thing that has happened recently?
3. How does Andrew become confused when Miss Gilluly shows him a picture of a dog?
4. Where has Yolanda chosen to sit in her classroom and why?
5. Describe Andrew's encounter with the drug pushers at Asphalt Hill.
6. How does Yolanda respond to the cruel comments by the other children on the bus?
7. Who is Andrew's teacher and why is she scolding him?
8. How is Andrew when Yolanda finds him, and what is her reaction?
9. Who is impressed by Yolanda and why?
10. Why is Yolanda suspicious of Shirley, yet still talks to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Over the course of "Yolonda's Genius", Yolanda grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. "Yolonda's Genius" might be considered a slice of Yolanda's larger story of her "coming of age." It might be said that the story is a "bildungsroman" of the narrator. Discuss the following:
1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.
2. Trace and analyze Yolanda as she changes from a somewhat rigid, bigoted girl to a wiser, less rigid girl. What are the significant events that change her?
3. After thoroughly analyzing the narrator's growth throughout "Yolonda's Genius", do you think the novel could be considered Yolanda's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?
4. Are there any other characters in "Yolonda's Genius" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Yolonda's Genius is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Yolonda's Genius", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement.) Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "Yolonda's Genius". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot.) Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
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