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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 Sixteen begins with which of the following?
2. At the end of Chapter Three, “ominous” most nearly means which of the following?
3. How long does Bibspeak live after taking Jack in?
4. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?
5. Book the First ends with which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the king and the counselor discuss in their interlude in Chapter Six?
2. What reason does the royal search party give to Jack for pursuing Beatryce?
3. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?
4. At the beginning of Chapter Fourteen, what sobriquets does Bibspeak apply to Jack?
5. In Chapter Fifteen, what reasons does the soldier give for wishing to be a bag of vegetables?
6. In Chapter Eight, what does Beatryce first discuss with *Answelica*?
7. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, how long does Bibspeak make Jack repeat his name?
8. Why does Jack start at the approach of horses to his village?
9. Why do the monks purpose to send Beatryce on the errand to Jack’s village?
10. How long does Chapter Thirteen note that Bibspeak had been in the world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sources attest to the presence of The Beatryce Prophecy on best seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
DiCamillo’s novel and Blackwell’s illustrations borrow from the medieval. What effect does their borrowing have on the text and its paratext, and how is that effect achieved?
Essay Topic 3
Cannoc remarks that “No one comes looking for a king. For as soon as a king disappears, those who would replace him start to scheme and calculate about how to take the crown for themselves” (109). To what extent do the novel and experience bear out his remark? How do the novel and experience do so?
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