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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 does Sorcha find an altar?

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

3. About what is the prisoner angry?

4. Who does Sorcha blame for Cormack hurting an animal?

5. What is sitting on the altar Sorcha finds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad news does Liam hear about home?

2. When will Sorcha be able to see her brothers after the spell is placed upon them?

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

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

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

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

7. What counsel is Sorcha given after the ceremony?

8. How does Colum handle the death of his wife?

9. What is unique about Finbar?

10. What is a luath?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do the instances of gratitude affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Overcoming prejudice was a very important theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does Marillier present the theme in a dynamic way?

Essay Topic 3

Love is a theme that is displayed in various relationships in Daughter of the Forest. Choose two of these relationships and compare and contrast them with each other, focusing on how love is portrayed in each.

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