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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. Why does Ora attack Avram?

2. What does Ora read to Avram when he is in an induced coma?

3. How old is Ofer when he starts talking?

4. What do the three men who Ora and Avram greet offer the two?

5. What always happens to Ofer when Adam is around Ofer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Avram startle Ora as she is writing, what does he ask and what is her reply?

2. What did Avram begin to do after he and Ora got out of isolation and what did he think about Ilan and Ora?

3. What did Avram ask Ora when he awoke, what was her response and what was his response?

4. What does Avram ask about his mother's house, and what is Ora's response?

5. What does Ora wonder about Ofer and the war what did Ofer do that was hard for Ora to handle?

6. What did Ilan wonder about with Ofer and Avram and what is Ora's response? How do they feel about raising Ofer?

7. How does Avram feel when Ora returns from the store and what does he think about?

8. Why did Ilan think Avram was dead?

9. Where did Ora and Ilan live when raising their sons, what did Adam do when he turned eighteen and what did Ofer do at the same time?

10. How does Ora feel when she returns from the store and what does she say about Ofer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:

1. Do you think "To the End of the Land" is successful as a learning tool? Why or why not.

2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of David Grossman's novels? What would discourage you from doing so?

3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "To the End of the Land". 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 relationships in "To the End of the Land". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Analyze the relationships among the major characters, answering such questions as: Is the relationship healthy or dysfunctional; how important is the relationship to those who are a part of that relationship; discuss the relationship between Avram and Ofer--is it a relationship? Why or why not.

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "To the End of the Land". Why is the possibility of death so close to the surface of the characters' thoughts? What kinds of death are possible? How do you think characters are impacted by the possibility of sudden death in a country torn by war and terrorism?

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