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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 Godric lay at his father's grave stone?

2. What color is the pope's saddle as Godric watches him ride past?

3. What has Godric built that he wades up to as the Wear is surging and rolling to flood?

4. Who does Godric learn has saved him from the sea by speaking to him beneath the waves?

5. How many years has Aedlward been dead when Godric goes back home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Maud and what is she like?

2. How is Godric able to see the future when he sails and how does this foresight evolve?

3. What is Godric's impression of the pope?

4. How does Godric describe his own supposed hermit status?

5. As he gets older, how does Godric resist his weakening state?

6. Describe the pictish king.

7. How does William compensate for the loss of Burcwen's attention when she saves Godric?

8. How does Godric describe Deric to Burcwen and why?

9. What happens when Godric asks Burcwen if she would like to go to Rome with him and their mother?

10. Why does Godric omit telling Burcwen, or anyone for that matter, about his encounter with Gillian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Godric received when he finally goes back home? How long has he been gone? What has changed? How does Burcwen feel about him? About his brother William? Why?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to change the relationship between Godric and Burcwen? Why? How does Burcwen's behavior toward Godric change? How does Godric feel about that?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Godric's adventures with Roger Mouse. What impact does Godric's friendship with Roger Mouse have on him? What does he learn about human nature from this relationship?

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