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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 did Suffering do to help Much-Afraid after the fall on the precipice?
2. Who did Much-Afraid see when she looked over the edge of the precipice?
3. What words had the Shepherd told Much-Afraid about when the flower bloomed in her heart?
4. What did Much-Afraid say when the Shepherd reminded her he had promised she would have hinds' feet?
5. What did Much-Afraid realize after Suffering asked her what she did that morning when she went off by herself and found the red flower?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Much-Afraid learn was the second letter in the alphabet of Love?
2. 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?
3. Why is Much-Afraid so unwilling to have the twins, Sorrow and Suffering, as her companions on the journey to the High Places?
4. What unexpected and unpleasant surprise did Much-Afraid find when she and her companions got to the Great Precipice and realized they had to climb it to get to the High Places?
5. Who showed up at the foot of the precipice to try to talk Much-Afraid out of continuing her journey to the High Places?
6. What did the Fearling Family do to try to stop Much-Afraid from leaving in Chapter 2?
7. Where was the Shepherd going to take Much-Afraid to get away from her family and start a new life?
8. With whom was Much-Afraid to struggle as she walked along the Shores of Loneliness?
9. What was the Shepherd's advice before he left Much-Afraid at the Shore of Loneliness?
10. What did the men watching the sheep tell Much-Afraid when she asked about the Chief Shepherd?
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
When a baby is born parents either choose a name they like, or they look at the meaning of various names and choose one that represents the characteristics they hope their child will possess, one a name that holds a symbolic meaning to them. In what way is this similar or different to the names the Shepherd chooses for the characters who make it to the High Places? This is a general question, although good examples are the new names give to Much-Afraid, Sorrow and Suffering. What does their new name tell you about them? What does it tell you about the Shepherd?
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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