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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to help Jean after she is accused by the pastor?
(a) Jean's mother.
(b) Mrs. Jewsbury.
(c) Jean's father.
(d) Melanie.

2. What does the sorcerer want of Winnet?
(a) To be his apprentice.
(b) To be his daughter.
(c) To carry a message for him.
(d) To convince the townspeople to trust him.

3. Who knew about Jean and Melanie and tried to help them?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Jean's father.
(c) The shoolmaster.
(d) Melainie's mother.

4. When is the last time Jean sees Elsie?
(a) Jean spends the night at her side in the funeral parlor.
(b) Jean visits her in the hospital early in the morning so she won't run into anyone.
(c) Elsie comes out to her ice cream truck to tell Jean she' dying.
(d) The church holds a wake for Elsie and Jean attends.

5. What is Jean's role in the church after she is accused and repents?
(a) She is encouraged to preach about her own experience.
(b) Unchanged. She still preaches.
(c) She is looked at with joy as the prodigal daughter.
(d) She no longer is allowed to preach.

6. What happens to Winnet after she leaves the sorcerer?
(a) She is taken in by a villager who is kind to her.
(b) She hears of a beautiful city and decides to go there.
(c) All the above.
(d) She never learns to talk the way the villagers do, even though she wants to.

7. Who is the boy Winnet makes friends with?
(a) A boy from the village.
(b) A stranger from another land.
(c) Another sorcerer.
(d) The sorcerer's other apprentice.

8. Which of the following best characterizes the way Jean sees the past?
(a) A tool.
(b) Undefinable.
(c) A parable.
(d) Unimportant.

9. What advice is Jean trying to give us at the end of the chapter titled Deuteronomy?
(a) Don't rely on other's interpretations of stories.
(b) Forget believing stories.
(c) Eat healthy food.
(d) There is not difference between fact and fiction.

10. What must Winnet do to reach the beautiful city?
(a) Leave everything she knows.
(b) All the above.
(c) Push her boat out alone into an immense sea she was afraid of.
(d) Learn the ways of boat builders.

11. What is the first thing that happens in the chapter titled Judges?
(a) Jean confesses her sexuality to the pastor.
(b) Jean packs for missionary school.
(c) Jean announces her sexuality to the congregation.
(d) Jean's mother tells her to move out.

12. After her visitor, what does Jean announce she is ready to do?
(a) Repent.
(b) Move out.
(c) Get married.
(d) Never see Melanie again.

13. What does the chapter titled Judges open with?
(a) The old saying "love conquers all"
(b) The prayer of St Francis.
(c) "from whom much has been given, much is expected"
(d) The queen announcing "either you or your head must be off!"

14. What are the names of the sorcerer's ravens?
(a) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
(b) Faith, Hope, and Charity.
(c) Each one was one of the seven deadly sins.
(d) Fate and Destiny.

15. What do people do when they tell stories?
(a) Make them what they will.
(b) Bring perspective.
(c) Convince themselves.
(d) Spread the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes a belief held by Jean's mother?

2. What matters when looking at the past?

3. What does the pastor identify as the root cause of the problem with Jean?

4. Where does Jean dream she is when she falls asleep?

5. Which of the following best describes the attitude of Jean's mother when Jean comes back for a visit?

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