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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. How many days does Dearbhla believe she has been on the road when she finds the hospital where she thinks the Sharpshooter is?

2. When was ConaLee born?

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

4. What name does the sharpshooter have who is a West Virginian?

5. When ConaLee would give her mother milk, what would she add to the milk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Sharpshooter injured?

3. What does ConaLee tell Mrs. Bowman when she wonders why the man who brought her and Miss Janet to the hospital did not register them?

4. What happened when men found ConaLee and her mother living on the ridge during the War?

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

6. What was Dearbhla's son's childhood like?

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

8. Who is Weed?

9. What is Dearbhla's background?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on what a character sees, they can come to wrong conclusions. How to characters in Night Watch form incorrect perceptions of Dearbhla because how she uses her appearance and actions to deceive?

Essay Topic 2

A villain in literature is usually an evil character that actively harms the main character or others. An antagonist is a character that may not be wicked, but who opposes the main character in a story. Is Papa a villain or an antagonist? Might he be both?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Phillips use chapter titles in Night Watch?

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