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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. Where does Florens learn the Nicene Creed?
(a) Her lover.
(b) The Reverend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The Bible.

2. With whom does Lina have a close friendship?
(a) Sully.
(b) Rebekka.
(c) Florens.
(d) Sorrow.

3. Where did Rebekka's main faith lie?
(a) The past.
(b) Nature.
(c) Love.
(d) Her heart.

4. How does Rebekka know she is ill?
(a) Her hair is falling out.
(b) She gets a rash.
(c) She has sores in her mouth.
(d) She is tired.

5. What did Rebekka have to make adjustments to after she got married?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her religion.
(c) Her wishes.
(d) Her physical body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is Florens most worried about while heading to get the blacksmith?

2. Who gives Florens a slate on which to write?

3. How old was Florens when she came to where she lives at the beginning of the book?

4. What skills does Lina say she had to hone to survive on the farm?

5. What does Jacob fear when he comes to his farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jane described?

2. What is Florens sent to do when Jacob dies, and why?

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

4. What does Rebekka say was her main source of support when she was a new bride?

5. Why doesn't Florens' mother go with her to the new farm?

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

7. How does Florens feel when she finally arrives at the blacksmith's house?

8. How did D'Ortega come to be the way he is in the book?

9. What does Florens think about at night while heading to the blacksmith's house to comfort her?

10. What does Lina teach Florens about men, and why?

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