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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. About what does Hanna think when she gets back to shore?
2. With whom does Immers live?
3. What do Hanna and Renate decide to do?
4. What is the pastor forced into this action?
5. Why is a search organized in the town?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hanna describe Hannelore's personality?
2. How does Manfred's father end up dead?
3. What upsets Hanna about her father after her mother died and where does she go to get away from the situation?
4. Why does a painter paint over Anton's bedroom window?
5. Where do Hanna and Renate search for Hans-Jurgen and what is the outcome?
6. What is Anton Immers' hobby?
7. What is the effect of the painter's actions on Anton and what do the townspeople say about it?
8. What does Hanna do at the river when she is upset at her father?
9. How does the wife respond to her husband's request and what does Manfred do?
10. Who is Veronika and why does she eat all the pastries that Hanna's mother serves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Ursula Hegi.
2. What in Hegi's background may have helped her in writing Floating in My Mother's Palm? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Floating in My Mother's Palm? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Floating in My Mother's Palm including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Floating in My Mother's Palm and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Floating in My Mother's Palm and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Floating in My Mother's Palm is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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