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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of things happen in the presence of the woman Sorcha's father plans to marry?
(a) Happy things.
(b) Petty things.
(c) Forgotten things.
(d) Strange things.

2. What do Sorcha and her brothers stand around during a ceremony?
(a) A tree.
(b) A grave.
(c) A bush.
(d) An altar.

3. How did Sorcha's mother die?
(a) She drowned.
(b) From the plague.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) Starwart.

4. What do Diarmid and Liam do for Sorcha to make her life easier?
(a) Heal her hands.
(b) Gather food.
(c) Cut wood.
(d) Gather starwort.

5. How does Sorcha feel around the woman her father plans to marry?
(a) Inferior.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Superior.
(d) Angry

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shirts does Sorcha complete in 6 months?

2. What season is it when Sorcha first lives alone in the forest?

3. What does Simon do when someone comes to get Sorcha while Father Brien is gone?

4. What does Sorcha do at times to distract Simon?

5. What does a boy think Sorcha is when he sees her in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Sorcha realize her mistake in not keeping her location more secret?

2. How does Sorcha describe Finbar, Padriac, and Conor at the beginning of the book?

3. What does the ceremony held by Sorcha and her brothers involve?

4. What does Sorcha have difficulty doing after her attack?

5. What is a luath?

6. How does Sorcha describe Liam, Diarmid, and Cormack at the beginning of the book?

7. What is unique about Padriac?

8. Who helps the prisoner, and why?

9. How does Finbar especially help Sorcha after her attack?

10. What shows that Simon has begun to trust Sorcha?

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