Unless Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Unless Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. According to Lois, what year did her husband die?

2. What title does Arthur suggest for Reta's novel?

3. What does Natalie remind her family about how long Norah has been wearing her garden gloves?

4. In the story, who does Reta think the Czech professor must hate?

5. In her letter about the obituary in the Globe and Mail, what kind of days does Reta write that she is going through?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lois's true opinion of what happened to Norah that she is afraid to express?

2. What does Reta and Tom's walk in Orangetown cemetery represent?

3. How do the meetings with her friends at the Orange Blossom Room ground Reta in reality?

4. How does Arthur feel about Roman, the other main character in Reta's novel?

5. Why don't the Winters' want to discuss the fact that Norah probably gave her Christmas package away?

6. Why is Lois's conversation with Arthur when she comes over to investigate about dinner significant?

7. How does Emma, Reta's journalist friend, try to comfort her and how is it significant?

8. According to Gemma Walsh, Reta's friend who has been appointed Chair of Theology, the Christian faith is balance on the words "already" and "not yet." Why does Reta find this significant?

9. At the end of the novel, what do we learn about the reason for Norah's disappearance and subsequent homelessness?

10. According to Reta, what is the "worry word" of life and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of family in the novel, responding to the following questions:

1. What responsibilities do family members share?

2. Does Shields portray the Winters family as being functional or dysfunctional?

3. How are the Winters family members treated?

4. Who is accepted as a family member and who is not?

Essay Topic 2

Shields uses the first-person point of view to show Reta's thoughts and actions, though the focus of the novel is the mystery of Norah's disappearance and subsequent homelessness. Respond to the following questions:

1. Why do you think Shields chose the first-person instead of third-person ("she")?

2. How would the novel be different if the story was told from Norah's point of view?

3. Since the first-person is a limited perspective, how would using an omniscient point of view change the tone or meaning of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Healing, both physical and psychological, is significant to the characters' recovery in the novel. Identify the ways in which the Winters family heals from the stress and trauma over the past year.

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