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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 two characters have adopted Tamar?

2. What are the color of Crimond's eyes?

3. What does Tamar reveal to Jean?

4. What do Jean and Duncan promise to help each other work towards?

5. What does Gerard tell Rose he has decided to write?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jenkin die?

2. Why does Tamar decide to reconcile with her mother?

3. How has Tamar's life taken a turn for the better since Gideon and Pat adopted her?

4. Why does Rose refuse to marry Crimond?

5. In what way is Jean and Duncan's marriage doomed?

6. What are Jean and Duncan keeping from each other?

7. What news does Duncan hear from Crimond?

8. What do Rose and Gerard think about past events?

9. Why does Gerard vow to take care of Rose?

10. Why are Duncan and Jean finding life together difficult?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

The author wrote the Book and the Brotherhood in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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