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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 does Sorcha do at times to distract Simon?

2. What bad news does Liam get about Eilis?

3. Who tells Sorcha about the person's disappearance shortly after Colum introduces the woman he plans to marry?

4. What is destroyed when Sorcha refuses to study what her new mother tells her to?

5. How does Sorcha's new mother respond when she sees Sorcha and her brothers conducting a ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sorcha say is the hardest part of their brothers' curse?

2. What does the Lady of the Forest say to Sorcha after her attack?

3. What do Sorcha's brothers do when they realize Sorchas has been attacked?

4. What is unique about Padriac?

5. What is Sorcha's first impression of her father's new wife?

6. What bad news does Liam hear about home?

7. What causes Sorcha and her brothers to do a ceremony?

8. What strange things happen on the day of Colum's wedding?

9. What counsel is Sorcha given after the ceremony?

10. Who does Sorcha rely heavily on in this book, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choosing sides is one of the book's themes.. List some passages in which this theme appears and discuss how the theme affects the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this book all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write each character's main motivation throughout the book and how their goals affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Where do the different brothers go at the end of the book, and what does this signify about them?

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