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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 was Tabitha's plan after running away from slavery?

2. Why does Ana always ask Pamphile if there has been a letter for her?

3. What has Yaltha dreamed about since Ana's baby's death?

4. How do Yaltha and Ana rummage through Haran's documents unnoticed?

5. What does Ana name her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of work does Ana undertake for Haran and how does she feel about it?

2. Why does Jesus not want to go to the Temple in Jerusalem for Passover?

3. How does Ana feel when Judas brings news of her mother's death, and how does Ana's mother die?

4. What significant dream does Ana have a few months after the death of her baby?

5. Where do Ana and Yaltha eventually find Yaltha's daughter, and how does she react to them?

6. Why would a discovery of what Haran really did with Chaya be so damaging to Haran?

7. What effect does Jesus's time with John the Immerser have on his life path?

8. Who do Jesus and Ana find in the road on the way to Jerusalem in Part III, and what is the state of this person?

9. What does Yaltha tell Ana when her baby is stillborn?

10. Why does Ana let the lambs out of their gate at the Temple in Jerusalem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe Jesus's and Judas's relationship, and why is Ana so alarmed to read Judas's letter to her when she is cloistered with the Therapeutae? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the techniques and tone Monk Kidd uses to explain the nature of women's position in society in Ana's time, citing specific references to the text to help explain your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of contradictions does Ana struggle with in her own relationship with her father, Matthias? How would you describe their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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