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

2. What does Angel say when Michael asks her if he's gotten inside her heart?

3. How many days was Angel delirious at Michael's cabin before she awakened?

4. When they were on their walk through the land at night, what was it that Michael wanted to show Angel?

5. When Michael stops thinking of Angel as the prostitute he loved and who betrayed him, how does her see her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Readers find in Chapter Four that Michael has made numerous visits to Angel's room in attempt to make her his bride. She repeatedly refuses. How do Angel's coworkers feel about this? What is Angel's reaction?

4. In Chapter Twelve, Michael cannot explain to Angel what he wants from her emotionally, and what he wishes their physical relationship would be like. Since he can't tell her, what does he do to show her?

5. 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?

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

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

8. In Chapter 14 what is Paul's initial reaction to the news that Michael has a wife? What is his reaction to Angel?

9. In the prologue, Sarah meets her father, Alex Stafford, for the first time. What was his reaction to the introduction, and why did he react that way?

10. When the Altmans move into their own cabin, Michael thinks that Angel will be relieved that they are so close. Instead, what it Angel's reaction and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were Angels earliest experiences with the church and God? How did these shape her views of Christianity, Christians and preachers/priests? How did these opinions evolve? Give specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, Angel struggles with her self-worth and the belief that she will ever be able to do anything except prostitution. As she matures spiritually and emotionally, she tries new avenues of employment. Discuss these various jobs and how they change Angel's sense of value as she evolves from a prostitute to these other trades. Do these jobs have anything in common?

Essay Topic 3

In the book, unforgiving Paul is the foil to Michael's God-like portrayal of grace. Compare and contrast these two characters, and discuss how both Paul and Michael have evolved by the end of the book. Give specific examples of their spiritual growth and the effect that it has on those around them.

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