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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 "No Mortal Foe"?

2. What is Bella doing in Jakob's imagination?

3. What does Ben say the quest to recover someone's psyche is?

4. What is Zakynthos like?

5. Of what is Jakob afraid concerning Michaela?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ben's futile search for Jakob's journals.

2. What is the significance of the color yellow?

3. Who visits Ben before he is five and what is the result?

4. Describe Jakob's visions of prisoners going to the gas chamber.

5. What impact does being in Idhra have on Jakob?

6. What does Ben recall about his father and mother when Ben is growing up?

7. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

8. What is the parable of the rabbi traveling incognito and what is the moral of the parable?

9. Describe Jakob's first meeting with Michaela.

10. How does Jakob relate a theory by Einstein to the Holocaust?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "Fugitive Pieces"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in "Fugitive Pieces" 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 "Fugitive Pieces" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Fugitive Pieces" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it 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 "Fugitive Pieces" a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 3

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Fugitive Pieces" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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