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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. How did the Shepherd leave Much-Afraid and her companions as they started their journey to the High Places?
2. Who does Much-Afraid's cottage belong to?
3. Who is Pride?
4. When Much-Afraid looked in her heart in Chapter 8, what did she see was happening to the seed the Shepherd had planted there?
5. Where does the Shepherd plant the seed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Much-Afraid's biggest mistake when Pride caught up with her the first time on the trail?
2. What did Much-Afraid do before she and the twin sisters continued on their journey?
3. Why was Much-Afraid so insistent she was not going to call the Shepherd for help as she stood at the bottom of the precipice?
4. What did Much-Afraid find growing in her heart?
5. Why is Much-Afraid so excited at the end of Chapter 8?
6. How did the Shepherd rebuke Much-Afraid after her first encounter with Pride on the trail?
7. What is the Shepherd's message in the metaphors about the threshing and the pottery?
8. What deterred the Fearling family from their evil plot to prevent Much-Afraid from leaving with the Shepherd?
9. Why is Much-Afraid so unwilling to have the twins, Sorrow and Suffering, as her companions on the journey to the High Places?
10. What happened when Much-Afraid was trapped at the cliff on the Shores of Loneliness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the Furnace of Egypt? How does Abraham's and Joseph's time there relate to the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Take a closer look at the "Water Song." What is the symbolism in this song as it relates to Much-Afraid's journey to go higher? Later in the story there is the waterfall coming from the Kingdom of Love. What do both of these songs tell the reader about the message in this novel? Do their words help prepare the reader for the meaning of the final chapter? In what ways?
Essay Topic 3
To understand the novel, Hinds' Feet on High Places, one must first understand exactly what an allegory is. Please define allegory, and then explain what makes this story an allegory? Please use specific examples from the story to support your answer, such as the symbolism of the names used in the story, or the metaphors the locations represent.
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