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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird does Xan decide to transform herself into in Chapter 28?
(a) A hawk.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A starling.
(d) A swallow.

2. What creatures attack Sister Ignatia in Chapter 34?
(a) Paper birds.
(b) Eels.
(c) Swamp monsters.
(d) Dragons.

3. Who is chosen to murder Antain in Chapter 26?
(a) Grand Elder Gherland.
(b) Sister Ignatia.
(c) Sister Mae.
(d) Sister Ethyne.

4. Who leaves behind a poem for Luna in the end of the novel?
(a) Glerk.
(b) Antain.
(c) Adara.
(d) Xan.

5. What word does the Grand Elder say "as though it was the bitterest of pills" (217) in Chapter 26?
(a) "Hurry."
(b) "Anger."
(c) "Hope."
(d) "Love."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xan consider that her life is made of in Chapter 28?

2. What does the madwoman suggest that Antain do in order to lessen the power of the Sorrow Eater in Chapter 45?

3. What does the narrator describe the madwoman doing with the feathers in Chapter 26?

4. What comes out when Luna manages to pry open Sister Ignatia's heart in Chapter 45?

5. What did the madwoman enjoy doing as a little girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Fyrian begin to transform in Chapter 39?

2. What happens when Sister Ignatia attempts to coerce the madwoman to give over her boots in Chapter 40?

3. What does the madwoman do when she sees Luna in Chapter 42?

4. What does Xan recall of her childhood in Chpater 33?

5. How does Luna find the castle and enter it in Chapter 25?

6. What does Luna discover about her wounds in Chapter 32? What do you think this implies?

7. How are hope and sorrow juxtaposed in the novel?

8. What happens when Antain encounters Xan in Chapter 33?

9. How is the significance of the Bog described in Chapter 48?

10. What does the madwoman recall about her mother in Chapter 26?

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