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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 vanishes from Sorrow while she is pregnant on the farm?

2. How does Malaik treat Florens?

3. Why was Minha Mae so confused when she was sold?

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

5. How does Minha Mae describe giving dominion over yourself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Florens is left with Malaik?

2. Why does Florens refuse to run away with Sorrow?

3. Why did Minha Mae not like when Florens wore shoes?

4. Why did Minha Mae send Florens to the Vaark farm?

5. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

6. How does Florens describe Rebekka after she recovers?

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

8. How was Sorrow raised?

9. Who is Malaik?

10. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

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