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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 does Calli say when she sees the adults?
2. What does Martin do after his wife leaves for Iowa City?
3. When does Antonia stop trying to bribe Calli to talk?
4. What does Petra say?
5. What does Officer Tucci tell Louis?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Louis think of doing in the next election and what does he think will be some people's reaction?
2. What do Louis' thoughts reveal about his relationship with Christine?
3. Where does Fielda decide to go and who volunteers to go with her?
4. What is Calli's perspective of running for help and arriving to see Louis and her mom?
5. Why does Louis' wife call him and what does she say?
6. Describe Calli's dream.
7. What is Louis told about Charles Wilson?
8. What time does Ben think about when he was nine.
9. What day does Calli think about that included Petra, Lucky and Sergeant?
10. What hat do Ben's thoughts reveal about the situation with Jason Meechum?
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 Heather Gudenkauf.
2. What in Gudenkauf's background may have helped him in writing The Weight of Silence? What may have influenced the way he 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
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss The Weight of Silence based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Weight of Silence 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 The Weight of Silence a successful novel? What about young teens?
Essay Topic 3
She reflects on the fact that she wasn't proactive enough when Calli first stopped talking. In a way, her daughter began to go missing then. She expresses doubt over the relationship between her husband and Calli for the first time when she realizes that she never asked Griff what he told the girl. She never asked Calli, either. She is very appreciative of Ben. He supports her more than her husband.
1. Research the concept of co-dependency and discuss that concept in regards to Ben and Antonia. Use examples from you own life and the text to support your answer.
2. Do you think Antonia should have done more than she did when Calli quit talking? Why or why not? What do you think she should have done? Use examples from you own life and the text to support your answer.
3. What do you think is meant by the statement that Calli started to go missing the day she quit talking? Use examples from you own life and the text to support your answer.
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