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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 is the problem with planting wheat?
2. What has likely happened to the messages Pearl has sent Joy?
3. What was Joy too weak to do?
4. Who does Pearl carry to the car?
5. What does Pearl confide to Joy about Dun?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Z. G. decide to get Joy away from the commune?
2. What does Pearl find has arrived one day after returning from work?
3. What is Tao's reaction to his new daughter and what does Joy decide about the child's name?
4. How does Z. G. arrange for the group to get out of China?
5. What contest does the Brigade leader announce and how does the contest contribute to the food shortage?
6. What war has broken out in the commune?
7. What does the brigade leader say about Yong, and what does he make Yong do?
8. What does Dun confess to Pearl, and what is her reaction?
9. What does Joy say in a letter to Pearl, and what is Pearl's reaction?
10. Why does Pearl apply for a travel visa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 "Dreams of Joy", 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 this book. (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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Dreams of Joy". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "Dreams of Joy". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Dreams of Joy". Consider the death of Mike as an random act of nature and the death of Luis as the result of conscious violence. Consider also in your answer the death of innocence in Rick from the beginning of the book to the end.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss "Dreams of Joy" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if "Dreams of Joy" is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "Dreams of Joy" a successful novel? What about young teens?
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