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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 about Virginia was unfamiliar to Rebekka?

2. What hurts Lina's feelings when Rebekka is sick?

3. Why does Lina not like the Vaark house?

4. How did the villagers treat Florens?

5. How did Rebekka feel about learning to cook strange game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Florens show proof that she is not breaking any laws while she is heading to the blacksmith's house?

5. What does the boy in the forest do for Florens as she is heading for the black smith?

6. Why do Lina's ideas about the protecting spirits not comfort Florens while heading to the blacksmith's house?

7. What happens to Florens at Widow Ealing's house?

8. What happens on the farm after Jacob dies?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the themes of slavery and freedom interconnect and move this plot along?

Essay Topic 2

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot, and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

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