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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. Why is Esperanca confused about Palinor?

2. What does Severo tell Fra Murta is the reason he didn't follow procedure with Palinor?

3. What does Fra Murta do while on the island?

4. What does Fra Murta think of Palinor's descriptions of Aclar?

5. What does Severo ask Rafal to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fra Murta ask Amara and how does she respond?

2. What does Eseranca say about Palinor?

3. What does Fra Murta tell Severo about Aclar?

4. What does Rafal tell Severo and what does Severo do?

5. What does Beneditx say to Palinor about his new knowledge of nonbelievers? What does Palinor say to him?

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

7. Why is Josefa pleased with the way Amara is thinking?

8. How does Fra Murta finally get Palinor?

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

10. What does Severo hope about Fra Murta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Severo gets further proof of his belief that all things are God-ordained, when he encounters Josefa at Sant Clara. What one man sees as evidence of God's work, however, may look like a series of coincidences to another.

1. Do you think the fact of Josefa being at the convent is farther proof that there are no coincidences or accidents? Why or why not?

2. What do you think is meant by the second statement above? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Discuss a situation you or someone you know have experienced that would support or disavow Severo's belief in all things being God-ordained.

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

Amara's upbringing by wolves, however, seems to have altered her in ways that cannot be changed, such as her dislike for human touch and contact, things that humans have long assumed are necessary for healthy living. Like an animal, Amara only seems to live in the present and seems unaware of how the past and future affect her.

1. Do you think that animals live only in the present? Why or why not?

2. Do you think if a human child really was raised by the wolves that child would ever be able to learn all of the intricacies of being human? Why or why not?

3. What do you think would be the effect on human society if humans lived mostly for the present without looking back to the past or ahead to the future?

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