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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 Ora tell Avram she cannot do?
2. What does Sami ask Ora not to tell Ilan?
3. What does she wonder when he yells at her the next night?
4. How does Avram respond to her offer?
5. When is the first time Ilan leaves Ora?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does he go to sleep in her room and what do they discuss when he wakes again?
2. How does Sami react when Ora drags Avram to the car?
3. Why is Ora annoyed and what does Avram like about their meetings?
4. What does Sami admit about the young boy and where do they take him?
5. Why does Ora want Sami to make the trip and how does she try to ease the tension as they are driving?
6. What nightmare does Ora have, what does she feel when she wakes and what does she say to Avram about Ofer?
7. How does Sami react to driving Ora and Ofer and how does that make Ora feel?
8. What does Ora recall about the first time Ilan left her and conceiving Adam?
9. What does Ora tell Avram they are going to do and what is his response?
10. What does Sami say when he returns to the phone?
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 David Grossman.
2. What in Grossman's background may have helped him in writing "To the End of the Land"? 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
Ora, Ilan and Avram have a relationship among them that is complex and perhaps difficult for the reader to understand and/or accept. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly trace and analyze Ora's relationship with Avram. How does it develop? What does each offer the other? Is it a fully healthy relationship? Or is parts of it dysfunctional? What does each person gain from the relationship? How important is the relationship to each of them?
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Ora's relationship with Ilan. How does it develop? What does each offer the other? Is it a fully healthy relationship? Or is parts of it dysfunctional? What does each person gain from the relationship? How important is the relationship to each of them?
3. Thoroughly trace and analyze Ilan's relationship with Avram. How does it develop? What does each offer the other? Is it a fully healthy relationship? Or is parts of it dysfunctional? What does each person gain from the relationship? How important is the relationship to each of them?
Essay Topic 3
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadow are in "To the End of the Land"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "To the End of the Land" including why you believe it is foreshadowing. 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 "To the End of the Land" and your own live to support your opinion.
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