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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 does Much-Afraid want to please?

2. How does Much-Afraid react to the companions the Shepherd chose for her on her journey to the High Places?

3. When being held against her will by her relatives, what did Much-Afraid do to get help?

4. When Pride catches up to Much-Afraid on the trail, what does he tell her about the Shepherd?

5. When the Shepherd responded to Much-Afriad's call for help with Bitterness in Chapter 8, what did the Shepherd tell her to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Shepherd's message in the metaphors about the threshing and the pottery?

2. As the Shepherd and Much-Afraid walk toward the High Places, how does the Shepherd compare the flowers to life's victories?

3. What was the Shepherd's advice before he left Much-Afraid at the Shore of Loneliness?

4. Who showed up at the foot of the precipice to try to talk Much-Afraid out of continuing her journey to the High Places?

5. What was the Shepherd's promise just before he left Much-Afraid, Sorrow, and Suffering to begin their journey?

6. Where were Much-Afraid and her traveling companions to cross the body of water that they reached to get to the other side, and what did they find there?

7. What did Much-Afraid do to show she accepted the Shepherd's seeming change of direction that took her and her companions to the desert?

8. Why was Much-Afraid so drawn to the Chief Shepherd?

9. What did the men watching the sheep tell Much-Afraid when she asked about the Chief Shepherd?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Read the songs of Canticles (Cant.) written in the novel. Pick out your favorite and break it down into smaller verses and explain what it meant to Much-Afraid or the situation that she faced at that moment.

Essay Topic 2

In the beginning of the story it is mentioned that there are many followers of the Shepherd living in the Valley of Humiliation. Some are mentioned by name. After reading the entire novel, explain what the followers have in common with Much-Afraid. What does their presence in the story represent? What does their presence in the Valley of Humiliation tell the reader about good and evil both within one place? How would this reflect back on real life?

Essay Topic 3

Besides her deformities, what were Much-Afraid's biggest struggles? How did she overcome them? When she could not overcome then what did she do?

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