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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. How do the nuns know Amara misses Josefa?
(a) Amara grabs the nun's habit and shakes it.
(b) They do not know she misses Josefa.
(c) Amara makes a sound like Josefa's name.
(d) Amara smiles when Josefa's name is mentioned.

2. How do they get Amara cleaned up?
(a) They are not yet successful cleaning her.
(b) They drug her with poppy seed water.
(c) They use meat to lure her into a tub of water.
(d) They lasso her and tie her tightly to a pole.

3. What happens when Josefa is ill?
(a) Amara reverts to her old ways.
(b) Amara hides.
(c) Amara cries in the corner.
(d) Amara asks about her.

4. What does Josefa ask to do with Amara?
(a) Take her to the seashore to collect mussels.
(b) Teach her to sing.
(c) Teach her to write.
(d) Teach her to read.

5. What happens to Amara?
(a) She begins speaking in sentences.
(b) She becomes very ill.
(c) She escapes again.
(d) She dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palinor wonder about his wife?

2. While the four men are eating dinner, what does Beneditx do?

3. How is the reversal of roles succeeding between Beneditx and Palinor?

4. What does Palinor ask to do?

5. About what do Palinor, Severo, and Beneditx speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Severo think about as he falls asleep the first night of visiting Palinor and Beneditx?

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

3. Who is waiting for Severo when he returns home?

4. When a man comes up to Amara and Josefa as they cut nettles what does he tell them?

5. What does Palinor say about men who break the law?

6. Why don't Margalida and Josefa get along?

7. What does Palinor tell Beneditx about his view of the truth?

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

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

10. What about Gaspar and his life does Severo think of while he is riding to see Palinor?

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