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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. Why was the delivery book another slight?

2. What does Alvin want from the new schoolteacher?

3. What did the people standing by the stove offer Alvin?

4. Why did Mock Berry stay so poor?

5. What did Hank think Makepeace was doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Alvin want to take away Mike Fink's protective hex? Why did he have to?

2. Why did Alvin figure Mock Berry didn't thank him for getting him a fair price?

3. Why did Old Peg shoot the Finder dead?

4. Why was Mistress Modesty so upset?

5. What was Alvin's argument about some people having a knack to be a Finder?

6. How does Old Peg feel initially about the teacher?

7. Why was Alvin so offended at the idea that Miss Larner had paid him to look after her?

8. What issues did Pauley have in regard to Miss Larner living alone? How did she respond to that?

9. What incident caused Peggy to reveal herself as being who she really was?

10. Why was Old Peg fearful of the Fugitive Slave Treaty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mistress Modesty's statement "much of what is best in me, your father gave me" in reference to Horace Guester. What did she mean by this, and how is this revealed to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Measure's relationship with Delphi to any other relationship in the book. Explain what specifically makes them different. How does Measure make Delphi feel? How is this evident in the authors description? What about Makepeace and Gertie? Horace and Old Peg?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Overseer as being synonymous with the Devil. What information lets the reader know that the Overseer is supposed to be the representation of the devil?

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