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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 is the first word the two people ask Arthur Stuart to spell?
2. What was the first word Arthur spelled out?
3. What words did Horace use in regards to Alvin that rankled?
4. What thing didn't Alvin dream of?
5. Where did Old Peg want the schoolteacher to live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Mistress Modesty so upset?
2. Why didn't Alvin have any particular like for the two boys in Pieter's General Store?
3. What might Peggy have said if she had gotten a chance, before her mama died?
4. What plan did Alvin come up with to make sure that the Finders would never find Arthur Stuart again?
5. For what reasons did Alvin make the manacles, and why didn't he put them in water to cool?
6. How does Old Peg feel initially about the teacher?
7. Why is it that Miss Larner can't teach Alvin to be a Maker directly?
8. Why was Old Peg Guester so upset that Arthur Stuart couldn't be taught at the schoolhouse?
9. What kinds of things did Alvin do around the springhouse?
10. What did the changes Alvin made in Arthur Stuart do to his heartfire and futures according to Peggy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the way the Red man, or Native Americans are talked about in this novel. References to the Native Americans are mostly spoken of in what tense? What does this lead the reader to believing in regards to the timeline?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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