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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. Which of the following had prophesied about Beatryce?

2. An illustration of which of the following precedes Book the Third?

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

4. In Chapter Thirty-four, which of the following words does Beatryce use to explain the letter A?

5. Which of the following does Beatryce note as her father’s cause of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edik say in Chapter Thirty-six as he is confronted by the man with the knife?

2. What does Edik recall his mother often telling him?

3. What does Edik hear in his father’s voice when he leaves the monastery?

4. In Chapter Twenty-four, Beatryce and Jack note annoying each other. What causes do they cite for annoyance?

5. In Chapter Forty-two, what is posed as something that would have been good regarding Jack?

6. What becomes of Cannoc’s crown?

7. When reunited with Edik in Chapter Thirty-seven, what does Beatryce declare to him?

8. What reasons does Jack give that Beatryce should not go to see the king?

9. What does Edik see as he kneels before the man with the knife in Chapter Thirty-six?

10. What does Beatryce’s tutor tell her her father had held as her birthright?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, how does the novel address the issue of trauma? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of Ehrengard’s true name.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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