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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. About what do Bethia and Makepeace argue?
2. Where is Bethia to sleep at Corlett's?
3. Why do Samuel and Bethia return to Cambridge?
4. What is Caleb doing when Bethia finds him alone after commencement?
5. What does Bethia realize about Caleb as they are riding back to the white settlement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bethia say to Corlett about applying for a position at another school and what is his response?
2. What is the time frame when Chapter 1 of this section opens and why is Bethia writing again?
3. Describe a little about Anne's life.
4. What are a couple things Bethia does during her first days at the school?
5. Why is Caleb still disturbed about the situation with Anne and what does he do?
6. What is surprising about Mayfield's will?
7. How has Makepeace arranged to buy Bethia out of her indenture?
8. What does Bethia say about the change in attitude towards Caleb and Joel by the other students?
9. What does Bethia say about Caleb and Joel regarding their studies?
10. Why does Bethia tell Caleb to stop calling her Storm Eyes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The situation of Bethia agreeing to become an indentured servant is a narrative opportunity for the author to explore one of the work's key themes, the relationship between sin, redemption and rebirth. Bethia continually and repeatedly strives to redeem herself for what she sees as her sinful choices and feelings, but over the course of the narrative, seems less and less inclined to believe that what she actually has done is a sin.
1. Discuss the ways in which Bethia's belief about sin changes from when she is a girl to when she is an older woman. Use examples from your life and Caleb's Crossing to support your answer.
2. Do you think that Bethia's need to redeem herself is a pathological response induced by a harsh religion? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Caleb's Crossing to support your answer.
3. How do you think changing her views on sin might change Bethia's life? Use examples from your life and Caleb's Crossing to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Caleb's Crossing is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Caleb's actions in Chapter 7 can clearly be seen as an important component of his overall journey and intention - to be as fully native a man as he can within the context of being as fully Christian a man as he can. The former is his identity, the latter is the filter through which that identity can function to the benefit of his people. In other words, Caleb's choices and his reactions to those choices are clear manifestations of the work's thematic interest in the struggles faced by individuals to define individual identity; in particular, finding the balance between what internal drives dictate and what external circumstances demand.
1. Discuss, in depth, the conflict between Caleb's native culture and the Christian religion. Use examples from your life and Caleb's Crossing to support your answer.
2. How do you think Caleb's choices and his reactions portrays the them of identity? Use examples from your life and Caleb's Crossing to support your answer.
3. Do you think the balance between internal drives and external circumstances is universal to the human race? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Caleb's Crossing to support your answer.
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