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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 do Anna and her children find in the field?

2. What did Anna and her friends call Anys when they were children?

3. Who comes to Anna's door looking for lodging?

4. What did George tell Anna to do with his possessions?

5. Why is Anna embarrassed to see the rector when she is in the meadow with her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Blackwell? What is Maggie Cantwell's condition?

2. What does Anna do to try to console the rector? How does he respond?

3. How does the relationship between Anna and George Viccars evolve?

4. What happens to Maggie Cantwell? What question arises in Anna as she thinks of Maggie and her father?

5. What do the children find in the woodpile? How is this dangerous?

6. What was the relationship between Anys and George? How does Anna react to this?

7. What do the Bradfords do after the sermon in the Chapter, "Venom in the Blood"? How is this related to class?

8. What is revealed about Anna's relationship with her father? How does Sam figure into this?

9. What is the condition of the rector in the beginning of the novel?

10. What does Anna do to try to stop the crowd during the witch frenzy? Is this effective?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about Anna's adoration of her children. What does Aphra tell her about this? How are the tables turned later on in the book? Is Aphra's heart truly hardened, as Anna says? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the roles that Anna and Elinor fill for the rector. Then consider these two characters and their similarities and differences. How is Anna's role with the rector different from Elinor's? Does Anna betray Elinor after Elinor is dead? Why? Why does Anna decide to forge her own path instead of going to Elinor's father's house for safety?

Essay Topic 3

Think about Anna's father, Josiah. What events in his life have taught him to be a cold, callous character? How does his treatment of Anna estrange him from her? Do you think he deserves mercy for his actions? Why?

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