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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what chores is Amara helping the nuns?
(a) She kneads bread, feeds the farm animals, and cards wool.
(b) She can knead bread, feed the farm animals, and card wool, sew and cook.
(c) Nothing yet.
(d) She can sweep the floor; that's about it.

2. What is one problem about Amara as far as the nuns are concerned?
(a) She is female.
(b) She only eats raw meat and the nuns do not eat meat.
(c) She is turns out to be male.
(d) She is very strong and can hurt people.

3. Who captures and rapes Amara repeatedly?
(a) Some hunters.
(b) No one.
(c) Some shepherds.
(d) A wild cave man.

4. How many parties does the reader see traveling on the mountain?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What do Severo and Beneditx decide to do about Palinor?
(a) To send him to his own country.
(b) To ask him to pretend to believe in God.
(c) To ask him what he believes.
(d) To put him back in prison for a while.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is there to greet Severo when he returns to the Cuidad?

2. What does Beneditx say can be seen in the eyes of a newborn?

3. What does Josefa teach Amara to do?

4. What does Joffre ask Palinor?

5. What does Palinor need?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Palinor staying in Cuidad and what does Beneditx do about Palinor?

2. What happened to Amara that put her into her present condition when brought back to the Abbey?

3. How does the author ask the reader to think about the island? What would those thoughts reveal?

4. Where does Palinor travel to find help and what does the prefect observe about him?

5. What does Josefa observe about Amara especially when thinking about her younger brothers?

6. What does Severo tell the nuns about Amara's suffering?

7. How is Amara doing now and what does she gain by it?

8. What is the creature, the nervados, tracked doing when they see it and what happens in the first few minutes?

9. What does Josefa do to help Amara's recovery?

10. What do Severo and Beneditx debate about and what are each of their views?

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