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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. Who tells Sorcha about her new brother?

2. Who is most interested in Eilis?

3. Where is the prisoner from?

4. What do Diarmid and Liam do for Sorcha to make her life easier?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about Finbar?

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

3. What exciting news of Conor does Father Brien tell ?

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

5. How does Sorcha feel when her oldest brother gets engaged?

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

7. Who helps the prisoner, and why?

8. What is starwort?

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

10. What is a luath?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Sorcha almost killed, and what is proven about her during this harrowing experience?

Essay Topic 2

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this play? Are the characters able to overcome despair? If they do, how? If they do not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

What does Red give Sorcha when he proposes, and how does this prove his love for her?

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