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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 the blacksmith tell Rebekka when he gets to her?

2. Who helps Sorrow while she is sick while pregnant on the farm?

3. What begins to fade when Florens sees the blacksmith?

4. Why is Sorrow kicked out of the first house that takes her in after her father dies?

5. Why don't Rebekka let Lina sleep where she likes when it is hot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rebekka change in her treatment of Willard and Scully after Jacob dies?

3. What happens to the farm after Jacob dies?/

4. Why does Florens feel an urgency to write?

5. What does the blacksmith say when he comes to Rebekka's sick bed?

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

7. What happens when Florens is left with Malaik?

8. What does Rebekka spend much of her time doing after she is healed, and why is this strange?

9. Who is Malaik?

10. How was Sorrow raised?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Fox have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

There were many characters in this book who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

The blacksmith was a minor character in this book who made a huge impact on the plot. How did he accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had he not been included in the story line?

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