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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. What does Edik say to Answelica in Chapter Thirty-six?

2. Which of the following does Jack imagine Answelica saying to him?

3. To which of the following are Answelica’s eyes compared?

4. Chapter Twenty-five begins with which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What justification does Cannoc give for the fearfulness of the monks?

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

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

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

7. Why does Edik note he cannot go backwards?

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

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

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

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

The novel begins with a focus on a goat. What effect does this have for the reader? How does the text support that effect?

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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