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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 Edik reaches the inn in pursuit of Beatryce, what words does he see stricken out?

2. Which of the following does Edik recall his father keeping from him?

3. Chapter Twenty-six begins with which of the following?

4. What does Beatryce note having remembered but not told her companions?

5. In Chapter Twenty-six, which of the following reasons does Beatryce note for trusting Answelica?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edik note he cannot go backwards?

2. In Chapter Twenty-five, what justification does Jack give for lying to Cannoc?

3. Of which promises is Beatryce reminded in Chapter Thirty-eight?

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

5. Summarize Cannoc’s account of leaving the throne.

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

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

8. What does Jack recognize as a sign of his desire to learn to read at the beginning of Chapter Thirty-four?

9. In Chapter Twenty-six, what reason does Jack cite for mistrusting Cannoc?

10. In Chapter Thirty-eight, what does Jack posit as the meaning of the prophecy concerning Beatryce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s name: Beatryce.

Essay Topic 2

Note what characters are named in the text and which are not. What significance does the refusal to name certain characters have in the novel, and how does that significance emerge?

Essay Topic 3

Much is made of the blueness of the sky. How does DiCamillo present the color, how does that align with and deviate from typical associations with the color, what effect does that alignment / deviation have, and how is the effect achieved?

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