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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 points did Alvin's hexes have?

2. What doesn't Old Peg want Alvin to pick up from town?

3. What was Alvin's first Making?

4. What did Alvin say to Arthur as he locked the manacles?

5. Who was in the General Store when Alvin arrived?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alvin feel about women after witnessing the relationships of the Smiths and Guesters?

2. Why was Mistress Modesty so upset?

3. What did Alvin begin to notice, working at the smithy?

4. Why didn't Alvin think that people were the product of God's imagination?

5. For what reasons did Alvin make the manacles, and why didn't he put them in water to cool?

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

7. How did Miss Larner feel about Dr. Physicker's payment to Alvin?

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

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

10. What led Alvin to believe that Pieter Vanderwoort wanted Alvin's good opinion more than to get even? How did Alvin know he was basically a good man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does this novel paint a dark picture of slavery and therefore of American history? Is it important to keep in mind the past? Why or why not? What is important about remembering the era of slavery in America?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alvin's initial fear that Arthur Stuart wasn't accepted in Vigor Church. Why was this a major concern of Alvin's? What was it that Alvin wanted for young Arthur Stuart, and why couldn't he just continue to follow Alvin?

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