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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 warning did the Shepherd give Much-Afraid and her companions before they continued their journey through the Forest of Danger and Tribulation?

2. What did Much-Afraid see on the altar the morning after her offering?

3. When she could not remove the plant from her heart, what did Much-Afraid do?

4. As Much-Afraid waited for the storms and floods to stop, what did she think about doing?

5. What did the Voice tell Much-Afraid to do after she tried to drink the foul water?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Much-Afraid got out of the rocky pool she had bathed in?

4. While in the Valley of Loss, Much-Afraid was extremely frightened and felt as though she was looking down into the abyss of horror. What did she say when the Shepherd came to her?

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

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

7. As Much-Afraid and her companions started through the Forests of Danger and Tribulations, what did Much-Afraid do when her enemy, Craven Fear, tormented her about the impending storm?

8. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How difficult are the various parts of the journey compared to one another? An example being, the beginning of the story where Much-Afraid made the decision to follow the Shepherd vs. the final part of the journey where she must give over her need for human love as a burnt offering. Do the challenges she faces get progressively more difficult? Or, is the difficulty collective, in that as she tires from the journey the challenges seem more difficult? In any case, what is it that gives her the strength to continue?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the Furnace of Egypt? How does Abraham's and Joseph's time there relate to the novel?

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