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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 Thirty-seven starts with which of the following?
2. Which of the following does Beatryce hold while keeping her hand on Answelica’s head in Chapter Thirty-eight?
3. What does Jack posit Bibspeak would have said had she been present with him, Beatryce, Answelica, Cannoc, and Edik?
4. What does Cannoc feed Beatryce and Jack when they reach his home?
5. Which of the following does Edik recall his father bidding his mother let him do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Edik say in Chapter Thirty-six as he is confronted by the man with the knife?
2. In Chapter Twenty-four, Beatryce and Jack note annoying each other. What causes do they cite for annoyance?
3. What does Edik recall his mother often telling him?
4. What does Edik see as he kneels before the man with the knife in Chapter Thirty-six?
5. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty-four, Beatryce recalls a man’s story; what is it?
6. What does Edik hear in his father’s voice when he leaves the monastery?
7. In Chapter Twenty-six, what reason does Jack cite for mistrusting Cannoc?
8. When reunited with Edik in Chapter Thirty-seven, what does Beatryce declare to him?
9. In Chapter Twenty-five, what reason does Cannoc state is right for Beatryce and Jack to be afraid?
10. What justification does Cannoc give for the fearfulness of the monks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The novel orients itself around a prophetic text: the Chronicles of Sorrowing. What significance inheres in the name of that text? How does the novel support the idea of that significance?
Essay Topic 3
Overall, how does the novel address the issue of trauma? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?
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