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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. During their trip after ConaLee and her parents are off the mountain, what type of trees does she see in the valley?

2. In "The Sharpshooter, Afflicted," how many rowboats rot in a bend of a stream?

3. When is the Sharpshooter moved to the ward in the Alexandria hospital?

4. How old is ConaLee when her father, the Sharpshooter, is injured?

5. When did Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride write about the tragedy that insanity required patients to leave their families?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does ConaLee see when they arrive at the asylum?

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

3. Who did the Sharpshooter become and what did he do after he recuperated?

4. How is the Sharpshooter injured?

5. What does ConaLee say about herself?

6. What boy does ConaLee notice when the Night Watch takes her and her mother to an alcove?

7. Who is Weed?

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

9. What is Mama wearing and where did Papa get the clothes?

10. How did ConaLee and her mother live before Papa came?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

When an author uses dramatic irony, readers have information that characters do not. How does Phillips use dramatic irony in Night Watch? How does dramatic irony increase tension in the novel?

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