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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 was on the table beside Much-Afraid?

2. When Much-Afraid looked in her heart in Chapter 8, what did she see was happening to the seed the Shepherd had planted there?

3. What does the Shepherd promise before he leaves Much-Afraid and her companions to travel alone in Chapter 7?

4. What did Much-Afraid realize about her climb to the High Places?

5. What was the song Much-Afraid read after awakening during the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways did Much-Afraid change as she walked the long journey along the Shores of Loneliness?

2. What deterred the Fearling family from their evil plot to prevent Much-Afraid from leaving with the Shepherd?

3. What did the men watching the sheep tell Much-Afraid when she asked about the Chief Shepherd?

4. What was the Shepherd's promise just before he left Much-Afraid, Sorrow, and Suffering to begin their journey?

5. Why was Much-Afraid so upset when she awoke in the middle of the night following the assault of the Fearling clan?

6. Why is Much-Afraid so unwilling to have the twins, Sorrow and Suffering, as her companions on the journey to the High Places?

7. With whom was Much-Afraid to struggle as she walked along the Shores of Loneliness?

8. As one begins reading, what is quickly realized about the names of the people in the story?

9. How did the Shepherd compare the flow of a stream downward to what people on the High Places of Love can do?

10. How does the name "Much-Afraid" fit the main character's persona?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the different characters show the readers about themselves? Do the characters show the readers anything about themselves, like traits that a positive or negative in some way? List some characters and their traits and explain how they may all relate to a single person.

Essay Topic 2

Once Much-Afraid became Grace and Glory, and received all that the Shepherd promised, living in a perfect place, why did she want to return to the horrible place she came from? Explain with details of how the changes in her were part of what brought her to that decision.

Essay Topic 3

Read the songs of Canticles (Cant.) written in the novel. Pick out your favorite and break it down into smaller verses and explain what it meant to Much-Afraid or the situation that she faced at that moment.

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