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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 does Fra Murta say will make Palinor confess his sins?
2. Why does Severo send Rafal away?
3. How does Fra Murta seem to feel about being an inquisitor?
4. What was unusual about Amara's birth?
5. What do Severo and Fra Murta find out about Amara's knowledge of God?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Palinor think about as far as writings of St. Augustine?
2. Why is Josefa pleased with the way Amara is thinking?
3. Describe Severo's dream and what he sees is the moral in it.
4. What does Fra Murta ask Amara and how does she respond?
5. How does Fra Murta finally get Palinor?
6. Why doesn't the abbess care about Amara?
7. What does Amara do after Jamie leaves her?
8. What do the nuns believe about Amara and what do they do about it?
9. Why is Severo looking on a map of the world?
10. What does Jamie find out about Amara's birth mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Severo's dream brings to light the role the Cardinal has played in Palinor's downfall. Severo easily could have let Palinor go, as the man clearly washed up on Grandinsula by accident, but Severo chose to detain Palinor, because he was interested in talking further with the atheist. What has happened to Palinor on Grandinsula is not a result of God's providence or God's hand, but of Severo's selfish desires.
1. Do you think it is Severo's fault that Palinor is being held? Why or why not?
2. Do you think Palinor should lie to save his life? Why or why not?
3. What would you do if you were in Severo's position? How about Palinor's?
Essay Topic 2
While Amara has survived, her savage upbringing and subsequent gang rape have subjected her to horrible atrocities. God is clearly not present in, or protecting, her life.
1. What type of agenda do you think the author has by showing a girl like Amara who has suffered so much?
2. Do you think a child in real life could experience what Amara has and be as well as she has become? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think the shepherds who gang raped Amara were not arrested for the crime?
Essay Topic 3
The theme of whether coincidences or luck have a place in a world supposedly ruled by God comes into play in Chapter 1.
1. What do you think the statement above means? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. There are some belief systems which state there are no coincidences. Discuss what you think about this belief.
3. Do you think the theme of whether coincidences or luck have a place in a world is adequately supported in the first chapter? Why or why not?
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