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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 is the name of the woods around the Wear River?

2. Whose throat does Godric slit for martyr's blood when Peregrine Small's runs out?

3. Who says to Godric that life is like porridge?

4. Godric believes that sometimes when the sea is calm, a splash, a spewing up of foam, makes clear that _____churn below.

5. When Godric shuns Burcwen after watching her bathe, what does she do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Godric's family find out where he is living when their house burns down?

2. What does Godric bid his feet to do and why?

3. How does Godric contemplate the decisions he has made in his life regarding the people he has known?

4. How does Elric justify his sparse lifestyle?

5. What does Reginald say of Godric's newly-acquired ability to read and write?

6. How does Godric really feel about the sacrifices he has made for God as a hermit?

7. How does Godric describe the Wear River and what is its significance to him?

8. What is Godric's description of Perkin?

9. Describe the apparition that Godric sees when he prays to the Mother Mary.

10. What happens to Godric as he passes through the Durham gate on his way to Bishop Pudsey's Christmas mass?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Reginald seek Godric's blessing in the writing of his book? What is Godric's reaction to Reginald's telling of his story?

Essay Topic 2

How do Godric and Roger Mouse make money on the Saint Esprit? How do they use piracy aboard their own ship to further their gains? How does Godric's behavior differ from Roger Mouse's? How does Godric ultimately feel about his actions afterward? Why has he called himself by a different name during his adventures with Roger Mouse?

Essay Topic 3

When Godric is taken to Burcwen's grave, how does he react? How does he sum up her life?

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