Tehanu | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

A Bad Thing and Going to the Falcon's Nest

1. What was the widow called by her husband?

Goha.

2. Why did her husband's name suit her so well?

She was white-skinned and always spinning.

3. What did the widow own?

She owned a flock of sheep and land to pasture them as well as two tenant's cottages and an old stone farmhouse.

4. What was the widow's daughter's name?

Apple

5. Where was the widow's son?

He was out at sea.

6. What was the name of the widow's home?

Oak Farm

7. What was the widow's husband's name?

Flint

8. How did the widow feel all alone at night in the house?

She was fine with the idea. She had done it in the past and would start doing it again.

9. Why did Lark come to the widow?

She wanted her to go to a...
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