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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. When Jack retrieves Beatryce from taking the soldier’s testimony in his village, what is she doing?

2. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?

3. With what mark does Answelica leave Edik?

4. Chapter Ten begins with which of the following?

5. Edik sees what on the feet of the child curled up against Answelica in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beatryce think about as she prepares to take the soldier’s testimony in Jack’s village?

2. Why do the monks purpose to send Beatryce on the errand to Jack’s village?

3. In Chapter Eight, what does Beatryce first discuss with *Answelica*?

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

5. Why does Jack start at the approach of horses to his village?

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

7. Why does Beatryce love Edik’s roving eye?

8. What do the king and the counselor discuss in their interlude in Chapter Six?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of Ehrengard’s true name.

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 the protagonist’s name: Beatryce.

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