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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 Angel do for a job when she returned to Pair-a-Dice?

2. Why did Angel say her father stopped loving her mother?

3. Why did Michael ask Angel to pick up walnuts?

4. What happened to Magowan after Angel left Pair-a-Dice?

5. What does Jacob Altman say that he would trade for a spoonful of plum jam?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what is Michael's reaction to Angel's activities in Pair-a-Dice? What is Angel's response to this?

2. What does Angel tell Michael about her past in Chapter 16? Why is this significant?

3. In this first chapter of the book, readers meet the adult version of the pretty, innocent little girl of the prologue. What type of woman has Sarah, now known exclusively as Angel, become?

4. As the Altmans' visit continues in Chapter 20, Michael becomes concerned with Angel's growing attachment to them. How does Michael try to remedy this?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, Angel runs away the morning after she and Michael share the most intimate evening of her life. What is Michael's response to her planned departure, and what choice does he ask her to make?

6. In Chapter 17 Angel is unable to accept Michael's forgiveness, so how does she try to atone for her sins?

7. Concerning the relationship between Angel and Michael, what foreshadowing appears in Chapter Ten?

8. Chapter Eight finds Angel slowly recovering physically under the quiet care of Michael Hosea. How is she doing emotionally? Why?

9. How does Angels interactions with the Altmans evolve in Chapter 19?

10. In Chapter Two, why does Michael Hosea believe he is going to marry Angel? What initially attracts him to her? Does he have any reservations about his future wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a child, how do Angel's father figures (both Alex Stafford, "Uncle" Rab, and even Duke) shape who she is as a young adult, her feelings of self-worth, and what she becomes? Give specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

More than once in the story, Angel reflects on what her life and relationship might have been with Michael if her childhood experiences had been different. Explore those incidents, and then (like Michael did) reflect on why God might have allowed those things to occur. What possible consequences might there have been if Angel had never become Angel? Were there any benefits to her experiences?

Essay Topic 3

In addition to Angel, what other characters tried to escape their circumstances? What were the situations that they wanted to break away from, and how did they attempt to achieve this? Were they successful? Compare/contrast their experiences with Angel's as well as the end results.

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