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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 is the Shepherd dressed when Much-Afraid meets him on the top of a peak where she had leaped after realizing she now had hinds' feet?

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

3. What did Much-Afraid and her companions face as the mist cleared from the mountain?

4. How did Much-Afraid face the journey through the Forest of Danger and Tribulation?

5. What happened when Much-Afraid called upon the Shepherd to help her removed the need for human love from her heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before Much-Afraid was anointed, what happened to the Shepherd?

2. What did the Shepherd say when he came to Much-Afraid in the cabin where she and her companions took refuge from the floods?

3. 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?

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

5. When Much-Afraid could not remove the need for human love growing in her heart herself, what did she ask the priest do do?

6. 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?

7. How did the King explain the alphabet of Love and what it meant to Grace and Glory now that she was changed?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

In the story, Sorrow and Suffering were twins. Why did the writer make them twins? In what way do Sorrow and Suffering go together? What does their description tell you about them?

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