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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 month was it when ConaLee took the boy to Dearbhla's during a time when the creek's were rising?

2. When ConaLee and her mother get to the asylum, how many grains of the root Dearbhla gave ConaLee remain?

3. How many doors are at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum?

4. What did ConaLee's father call the boy baby?

5. When ConaLee lived near Dearbhla, what did she keep in a small pouch hidden in her clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does ConaLee say about herself?

2. Who answers the door when ConaLee knocks at the asylum?

3. Who is Mrs. Bowman?

4. What happens when a man named Bart tries to rape Eliza?

5. How was the Sharpshooter saved after he was burned and hit his head?

6. How and why was Dearbhla's adopted son branded?

7. How is the Sharpshooter injured?

8. Where did the Sharpshooter, Eliza and Dearbhla find refuge, and how long were they safe?

9. What does the man named Reb make Eliza do after his companion is killed?

10. What other children does Mama have besides ConaLee, and what happened to them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characterization is the process an author uses to reveal a character’s personality. How does Phillips use characterization to reveal Papa’s character in Night Watch?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Night Watch and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Literature is often organized and classified by genres like historical fiction, biography, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction, etc. What is the genre of Night Watch and why?

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