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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 suggests the ladies do something to celebrate?

2. What color is the kitten?

3. Why does Retha not tell Greta about Anthony?

4. Which lady suggests they light the room with candles?

5. In which city did Mrs. Stanton not have friends at whose homes she could rest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the man who is with Father Amiraux.

2. Why has Mrs. Stanton come to Little Valley?

3. Why is Greta sad when Mrs. Morrill gives her one of Princess' kittens?

4. Describe Anthony's appearance when Captain Cheney finds him.

5. Why does Greta think her father knew Blue Cove the way she knows it?

6. How does Retha's mother respond when Retha asks about Greta?

7. How do the ladies make Mrs. Stanton's appearance in her dress special?

8. What does Greta's father say when she asks him if there will be any more heavy fogs soon?

9. Why do the men bring strange sailors to Anthony's home?

10. Why do the ladies find Greta's comment about the Duke of Kent surprising?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you believe that the people of Blue Cove knew that Greta was from a different time? Why didn't they just think she was a child who had wandered away from another village?

Essay Topic 2

Talk about the role of Rosie, the cow, in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What clues are there in the book that the Morrills were part of the Blue Cove that Greta's father knew as well as the one that Greta knew?

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