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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. Where are Prior Robert and the other brothers gathered when Sioned and her servants approach?
2. How does Sioned appear to Brother Columbanus when she pretends to be St. Winifred?
3. What is strange about the contents of the bottle of poppy seed syrup with which Brother Cadfael wants to treat Dame Branwen?
4. When does Brother Columbanus realize the form appearing in front of him is Sioned?
5. After Father Huw thanks Brother Cadfael, what does Father Huw admit to Brother Cadfael?
Short Essay Questions
1. Because the body of a murderer seems to be bringing as many miracles as the bones of a saint, what conclusion can we draw about the connection between beliefs, logic, faith, and miracles?
2. How do Father Huw, Brother Richard, Brother Jerome, and Brother Columbanus fare with Brother Cadfael's plan to trap Rhisiart's murderer?
3. How does Brother Cadfael capitalize on the people's faith and belief in miracles when he conceals Brother Columbanus' death?
4. Why should anyone who knows about Brother Cadfael's plan to handle St. Winifred's remains and Brother Columbanus' body not speak of it until the brothers have left Gwytherin?
5. What is Brother Cadafel's plan to handle the situation involving St. Winifred's remains and Brother Columbanus' body?
6. What does Brother Cadfael believe about the miracles St. Winifred is creating at her true grave in Gwytherin?
7. What are the results when Sioned strays from the plan to test Brother Columbanus to see if he killed Rhisiart?
8. How does Brother John take advantage of his punishment?
9. What news does Bened relay to Brother Cadfael during Bened's pilgrimage to Walsingham?
10. What is Brother Cadfael's plan to trap Rhisiart's murderer while the vigil is held at St. Winifred's grave?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Subplots have the same story elements as the main plot of a story. Explain one subplot from A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit using exposition, inciting force, central conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Explain how the subplot is connected to the main plot of the story.
Essay Topic 2
What is stronger in A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit--plot development or character development? Why? Give examples from the story to explain your answer. Do you think the author did this intentionally? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Choose a situation in the story in which Brother Cadfael acted in a way you disagree with. Describe the situation. Why did Brother Cadfael act this way? What were the consequences of his actions? Why do you disagree with Brother Cadfael's reaction to the situation? How would you have reacted? Why?
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