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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 changes Jacob's demeanor?
(a) He loses a daughter.
(b) He gets sick.
(c) He loses some money.
(d) He gets married.

2. Who once helped Rebekka carry a heavy bundle?
(a) A train master.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A politician.
(d) A slave.

3. Who has taught Florens much in her life?
(a) All of these.
(b) Lina.
(c) The Reverend.
(d) Rebekka.

4. Where does Florens live at the beginning of the book?
(a) A ship.
(b) A plantation.
(c) A farm.
(d) A poor house.

5. Why doesn't Florens want to accept what a boy in the woods offers her when she is heading for the blacksmith?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She doesn't want to break a rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Florens try to sleep while heading to get the blacksmith?

2. Who told Florens about the protector spirits?

3. What made Rebekka and Jacob's relationship so hard at the beginning of their marriage?

4. What did Jacob not agree with in the government?

5. What does Reverend always say is the second best hope?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Rebekka find her biggest source of faith, and why does she think this is strange?

2. How does Florens prefer to communicate, and why?

3. How does Florens feel about the task she is given after Jacob's death?

4. What happens on the farm after Jacob dies?

5. What is strange about Lina's closest friendship?

6. How did Florens feel about the Vaark Farm when she first arrived there?

7. What is confusing in the dialogue at the beginning of the book?

8. How did Rebekka's father feel about her as a young woman?

9. Why does Rebekka have no children?

10. How does Jacob Vaark feel about the D'Ortegas, and why?

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