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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. From whom does Jamie find out about Amara's birth?

2. Where does Jamie go to search for Amara's mother?

3. What does Severo feel about the shedding of blood?

4. What does Beneditx tell Palinor about his idea of nonbelievers?

5. What does Palinor wonder about as he waits for the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Palinor see as he rides into Ciudad?

2. What happens when Palinor is tortured?

3. What do the servants at Saracen's house demand of Fra Murta?

4. What does Severo say to Fra Murta to explain his behavior concerning Palinor? How does the Fra feel about it?

5. What does Jamie do when he comes for Amara and what does he do with her?

6. Why does Severo turn Palinor over to Fra Murta?

7. Why are the nuns upset and what does Pare Aldonza say and then suggest?

8. What does Amara do after Jamie leaves her?

9. What does Eseranca say about Palinor?

10. Describe Severo's night the night before Palinor is burned.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amara's experience in the chapel affirms her utter lack of knowledge of God and gives Sor Agnete a new outlook on how non-Christians might see the world.

1. Why do you think Amara's experience in the chapel demonstrates there is no innate knowledge of God?

2. Do you think Sor Agnete will be able to translate what she realizes into wisdom? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think Amara would be frightened by the crucifix?

Essay Topic 2

This book raises questions of what is human and what is animal, as well as questions of sin and forgiveness. Amara, who the nuns are trying to reform from her wolf-like ways, is treated horribly when she is gang-raped by shepherds.

1. Would you call the behavior of the shepherds more human than Amara's behavior at the Abbey? Why or why not?

2. Discuss what you believe is the difference between a human and an animal. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. What do you think the nuns should do with Amara at this point in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Fra Murta believes a country without religion sounds horrible, as religious leaders believe people's belief in God is the only thing that keeps them from sinning. Palinor counters by saying that people also will abide by laws, because they make sense, again providing an alternate explanation for something Grandinsula's leaders previously have attributed only to God.

1. Do you think people obey the law in America because the law makes sense? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Palinor's statement about the law holds true for every person who lives in Aclar? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think the religious leaders have such little faith in men obeying the law?

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