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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 bad news does Liam get about Eilis?

2. Why does Sorcha think her father chose the wrong woman to marry?

3. How do Sorcha's brothers feel around the woman their father plans to marry?

4. What happens to Eilis on the day of Colum's wedding?

5. How does Colum respond to what Father Brien says about the woman he plans to marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After the ceremony, what does Sorcha find in a cave?

4. What makes the shirts for her brothers so hard to weave ?

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

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

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

8. What is a luath?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lady Oonagh show her power, and how is her power overcome in the end?

Essay Topic 2

Sorcha endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Betrayal is a theme introduced at the very beginning of this book. How does this constant stream of betrayal affect the outcome of the plot, and which characters are most affected by it?

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