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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 Andrews respond when asked to come take Badri's place?

2. How long will it take to create a vaccine for the new strain of virus?

3. What does Kivrin accidentally let slip?

4. Why does Kivrin take Agnes to Father Roche?

5. Who refuses last rites from Roche?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kivrin write about the church bells and cemetery?

2. How does Kivrin slip up and what does she do to try to cover her mistake?

3. Describe the situation of Agnes dying.

4. What does Kivrin talk about with Rosemund and what is her response?

5. What does Kivrin first do upon realizing the date and what is wrong with the clerk?

6. Describe Mary Ahrens.

7. What note does the young boy bring from the bishop and why does Kirvin already know its contents?

8. Why does Kivrin take Agnes to Father Roche and what is the outcome?

9. What does Dunworthy learn about various flu victims after he regains consciousness?

10. Describe the discussion between Badri and Dunworthy about Kirvin's time travel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kivrin is found and taken to be nursed at the home of an upper class family. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it says about the times and people that complete strangers are willing to take in a sick woman and care for her for days? Do you think they have any motives other than kindness? What would they be?

2. Kivrin seems to find a niche caring for the two daughters of Eliwys and seems to "join" the household. How likely is it that this sort of thing would happen in modern times? What do you think has changed from previous centuries that it is unlikely to happen in the 21st century America. Do you think it is a indication of a lack of compassion by "modern" humans? Or what?

3. Kivrin discovers her dress if finer and she is cleaner than anyone during this time. Does the family notice this fact? Does Kivrin attempt to blend in better by not bathing? Do you think even the highest nobles of the land (Kings, queens, dukes, etc...) were much cleaner than the family who takes Kivrin in? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Kivrin learns that the twelve year old Rosmund has been betrothed to an older man, Sir Bloet and is soon to marry. Discuss the following:

1. What are Kivrin's reactions to the news about Rosemund's upcoming marriage? Are her reactions typical for the time in which she is visiting? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Rosemund accepts the idea of marrying a man so much older than she is? Do you think at her age she even understands what marriage means in the sexual sense?

Essay Topic 3

In chapter one, Mary Ahrens is watching the preparations for sending a historian named Kivrin to 1320. The policy has been not to send historians to the medieval period because of the danger to the historian. Discuss the following:

1. Speculate as to what types of danger there may be to someone time traveling back to medieval times.

2. Research the cultural milieu of England in the mid-14th century and then analyze to see if your speculations in part 1 are accurate. What else can you add to what you said in part 1?

3. After researching England of the mid-14th century, do you think it was wise of Gilchrist to approve Kivrin's travel to that era (even considering she was to arrive a good 20 years before this huge plague outbreak)? Explain your answer.

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