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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 color tablecloths cover the tables in the asylum dining room?

2. What color are Dr. Story's eyes?

3. How old was Eliza when she came upon Dearbhla's son in a spring meadow when her horse went lame?

4. How many times did Dr. Story's uncle, Dr. Thomas Kirkbride Story marry?

5. In March, 1874, what does Dearbhla notice that Pap has shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Papa escape from the asylum?

2. What does Dearbhla remember about watching the stars with ConaLee?

3. Under what conditions is ConaLee allowed to stay with her mother at the asylum?

4. How does O'Shea die?

5. What does Weed do when Mrs. Hexum takes him to O'Shea's room after the altercation with Papa?

6. In March 1874, what work does Papa have ConaLee doing?

7. What does Eira Blevins tell ConaLee about Papa?

8. What instructions does Matron Bowman give ConaLee (Miss Connelly)?

9. What happens to the storekeeper's wife, and how does the storekeeper buy Dearbhla's silence?

10. What does ConaLee notice happening in the garden when she goes to her mother's room after the carriage ride?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While fighting, the Sharpshooter is badly injured. He recovers, but has amnesia and does not remember who he is or anything about his past. What is communicated about amnesia and making a new life through his experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Phillips use artistic license to create the realistic background of Night Watch?

Essay Topic 3

ConaLee still longs for the ridge. Eliza wants to put the past behind her and make a new life. What is revealed about assimilation through the way that ConaLee and Eliza adapt to life at the asylum?

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