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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 does Florens say is clear as she leaves the blacksmith's house?

2. What is the name of Sorrow's imaginary friend?

3. What makes the blacksmith bleed when Florens fights with him?

4. Why did Florens want to wear shoes?

5. What did Minha Mae always want to make Florens understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Malaik?

2. How is Florens contacted by her mother, and how does she feel about this?

3. What was different about Florens after her trip to the blacksmith's house?

4. What is unique about how Florens writes what she chooses to write about?

5. What does Florens choose to write about?

6. How was Sorrow raised?

7. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

8. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

9. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

10. What does Mina Mae say about her ship voyage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rebekka change after her illness, and what do you think caused these changes? Please cite information from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

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