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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. Chapter Twenty begins with which of the following?

2. Chapter Six begins with which of the following?

3. Book the First begins with which of the following?

4. With which of the following does Edik note Answelica marked him?

5. What does Edik believe he sees when he first enters the barn in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does the royal search party give to Jack for pursuing Beatryce?

2. What reason does Jack give for not wanting to know a secret in Chapter Fifteen?

3. In Chapter Fifteen, what reasons does the soldier give for wishing to be a bag of vegetables?

4. What reasons do the monks note for keeping Answelica alive?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Fourteen, what sobriquets does Bibspeak apply to Jack?

6. In Chapter Thirteen, what reason does Jack give for his family’s flight?

7. In Chapter Six, what does Edik note wanting his letters to illuminate?

8. What reason does Edik give for having been in a field with Answelica early in Chapter Three?

9. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?

10. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, how long does Bibspeak make Jack repeat his name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edik muses that “Again and again, the world insisted upon betrayals, goodbyes” (63). To what extent do the novel and experience bear out his musing? How do the novel and experience do so?

Essay Topic 2

Edik muses on the following question (117): “And shouldn’t home be the place where you are allowed to be yourself, loved as yourself?” What answer to that question does the novel advance, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Cannoc’s assumed name.

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