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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. Who did Beauty disobey her orders for as she watched him be one of the disgraced of the castle?

2. The woman she was with was walking so fast that Beauty had to ________, even if she didn't want to.

3. Beauty realizes the slaves are beginning to look normal to her; one cleaned a ______________ on her hands and knees.

4. Beauty sees that Tristan's face is a little __________ than that of most of the men, with strong bones.

5. Tristan clung to the _________ memory of Beauty's exquisite face and the flashing of disobedience in her eyes.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicolas do as he passes Tristan in the courtyard, though none of the other slaves seems to notice?

2. What is the agreement between the slaves and their owners, which Beauty finds out in the beginning?

3. What does Tristan reveal about his relationship with the Lord Stefan when he is talking with Beauty?

4. What is the slave who is being punished and tortured in the middle of the marketplace forced to do?

5. What is the first punishment that Beauty is made to do with the other slaves in the middle of the village?

6. What is Tristan forced to do to Nicolas, which surprisingly arouses him as he does so?

7. How must Tristan and the other slaves he is with feed when they are in their stable together?

8. What does Tristan ask Nicolas about, in relation to the way slaves should act in their new lives?

9. What happens after the slaves have been with the Sultan for the time period they have contracted?

10. What does the slave who is hanging up do when she realizes Mistress Lockley is coming?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beauty begins to realize she is reacting to pain with pleasure, something she didn't do before.

Part 1: Why might the pain begin to become pleasurable to a person?

Part 2: Do you think that the Masters and Mistresses intend for the pain of the slave to become pleasurable?

Part 3: Do you think that the slaves are being trained to interpret pain as pleasure?

Essay Topic 2

The slaves are simply objects which can be used and abused for any reason within the story.

Part 1: Why do you think the slave owners rent out their slaves or give them over to others?

Part 2: Do you think that the slave should be passed from person to person? How does this help/hinder their training?

Part 3: Why do you think that slaves aren't able to stay with just one person during their training?

Essay Topic 3

Sleeping Beauty is a slave from the moment this book starts to the end, which is a situation few could ever understand.

Part 1: Why do you think that Beauty seems to have come to peace with her role as a slave?

Part 2: How do you think you would react if someone were to take you on as a slave?

Part 3: Do you think that some people are born to be slaves?

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