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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 is Franny doing when Ferd finds her at the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. What shop used a rowboat for advertising in Chapter 7?

3. What was the nationality of Franny's mother?

4. In Chapter 5 when the terms leave the Saghani, in what order is the bird that Franny banded?

5. How long after the kiss in the aviary did Niall and Franny marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Bermuda petrel?

2. What are Franny's chores on the Saghani in Chapter 3?

3. What relationship did Franny have with crows when she was six?

4. What were the circumstances of Franny's birth?

5. Why does Franny visit the Bowens who live outside Kilfenora?

6. Why does Franny go to the ocean after dinner in Chapter 13?

7. In Chapter 2, how did Franny remember losing her mother?

8. Where do Gammy and Samuel have their home?

9. In Chapter 11, where was Franny four years ago and why?

10. Where is the crew going in Chapter 11 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Franny sleepwalks. What are some times that Franny sleepwalks? How do Franny’s emotions affect her sleepwalking?

Essay Topic 2

Franny and Niall married after knowing one another a short time. How would you describe the relationship between Franny and Niall? How did her emotional issues affect the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

One of the settings in the novel is the ocean. What does the ocean represent for various characters, especially Franny?

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