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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 secret of the High Places?

2. What happened to the stones Much-Afraid had collected?

3. Who was standing behind the altar Much-Afraid and the twin sisters found in Chapter 16?

4. What was the first thing Much-Afraid and her companions realized while in the Kingdom of Love?

5. Just when Much-Afraid thought she could not go forward in the Valley of Loss, even with her companions, what did she do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the place Grace and Glory, Joy, and Peace went to with the King called the "Beginner's Slopes?"

2. How fitting was the new name the King gave Much-Afraid?

3. What did the King tell Grace and Glory when she spoke to him about the feelings she was having about her family?

4. How did Much-Afraid react when the Shepherd suggested in Chapter 12 that he really might deceive her?

5. When did Much-Afraid realize she finally had hinds' feet?

6. When Much-Afraid, Sorrow, and Suffering finally got to a graveyard-like setting, they were repulsed by the scene. When they came upon the deep canyon, what did they do?

7. After getting soaked from the storm, and walking around in the heavy mist, what weakness did the Fearling clan target when they made their next verbal attack on Much-Afraid and her companions?

8. What happened when Much-Afraid thought about throwing away all her memory stones?

9. What did Grace and Glory start to think about when she realized she could look down and see her old home from the High Places?

10. What did the Shepherd show Much-Afraid after they took the chairs to the top of another mountain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 15, "The Floods", Much-Afraid is so frustrated she considers throwing away her memory stones. As she looks at them, what are the lessons she remembers from each stone?

Essay Topic 2

At different points in the story things appear when they are needed most. An example is the plank along the broken pathway. List several of these and explain what these things symbolize.

Essay Topic 3

How could the physical locations Much-Afraid travels through on her journey be compared to one's journey through life? List some of the locations and give examples of what they might symbolize?

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