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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 did Delores see in her husbands face?

2. What did the Unmaker never do?

3. What is it that a torch does?

4. What name did Cavil cry out that made his visitor recoil?

5. What was customary for masters to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cavil perceive his visitor as an overseer?

2. Why was the Berry's saying that this half white child was theirs was the best bet to ensure the child's survival?

3. Who was it that stopped Alvin from being overcome by the Unmaker?

4. What action shocked the traveling priest?

5. What things kept Alvin from running like a Red man?

6. What was the difference between Hank and other dowsers?

7. What sacrifice did the Black slave girl make? Why did she make this choice?

8. Why do most people feel guilty when they hear the story of the Tippy Canoe Massacre?

9. Why did Alvin dig out a well that he knew wouldn't do any good?

10. Why did Hank Dowser seek to calm Makepeace Smith after he had riled him up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Makepeace's treatment of Alvin while he was an indentured apprentice. What measures have come into place since Alvin's time to protect the interests of apprentices in North America?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Peggy's feelings for Alvin. Are they realistic? Why or why not? Explain how her future changes as Alvin finally loves her, not a boyish kind of love, but that of a man, and how it would have been had Peggy stayed in Hatrack.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the slave girl had an impact on Little Peggy. What did the slave girl bring to light in little Peggy, and how did this impact Peggy's life in a positive manner? What might have occurred had the slave girl never appeared?

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