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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 blocks the path of Birle, Yul, and Orien as they are escaping the city?

2. What day is nearing at the beginning of Chapter 22?

3. What saves Birle from Corbel's fate?

4. What can Nan tell about Birle without her saying anything?

5. What does Birle practice in the evenings with Joaquim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Birle's work as a slave for Joaquim and what drives her to work so hard.

2. Who is Lady Fortune and what does Joaquim say about her?

3. What does Birle decide at the end of Chapter 19?

4. What sort of reputation has Birle earned in Chapter 17 amongst the people of the city while being a slave?

5. Birle realizes that Corbel, along with being cruel and greedy, is also clever. How is he clever, especially with the throwing of the feast?

6. What is decided upon in Chapter 20 of how they will be set free?

7. Describe Nan and Birle's meeting.

8. Describe Damall's character and who he is.

9. Describe the relationship between Joaquim and Birle in Chapter 19.

10. What changes occur in Orien and Birle's relationship in Chapter 21 after Birle and Orien have escaped slavery and Orien is now healed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The entire novel is told from Birle's point of view. Authors use a certain point of view to achieve a certain mood for the story. What do you think Voigt is trying to achieve in allowing us only Birle's thoughts and views? Why not see Orien's? How might the story have been different if we were to glimpse at what Orien thought. Would our thinking of the events of the book possibly change?

Essay Topic 2

Birle and Orien are the novel's two main character who journey together and face many obstacles both together and separately. Analyze their relationship and discuss the dynamics of it. In the beginning, what sort of relationship do they have? How does Birle feel for Orien? How does Orien feel for Birle? What does their relationship evolve into, and how? Do you see it coming? Have any feelings changed? Has the relationship changed? How? What events lead to the decisions in the end? Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

From start to finish, Birle has a very independent nature. As the heroine of the novel, is her independence refreshing? Is it appropriate for the time period the novel is set in? How is she independent and what does her independence say about her character? How has this trait helped her or impeded her? How did she develop her independence and has it driven her to make the write or wrong choices? Give several examples from the novel to support your claims.

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