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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 is the only text that survived from the time of the Old People?

2. Sophie and David are playing in a stream when they are discovered by whom?

3. In addition to the Bible, what is the book that everyone in Waknuk has to study?

4. What was the Dakers’ cat?

5. After being punished by his father, what does David inform Axel he is planning to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Offences? What are Blasphemies? Give an example of each.

2. What is the name of David’s hometown, and who founded it? What was this person like, and how did he influence the settlement?

3. What does David’s older sister tell him about the recurring dream he has? Why?

4. Why does David get in trouble during the splinter incident?

5. What does David tell the inspector about why he kept Sophie a secret? What does the inspector say in reply?

6. How is Sophie’s secret discovered? What happens as a result?

7. What do the people of Waknuk believe about the Tribulation?

8. What commonly appears to David in a dream?

9. What promise does David make to his new friend and her mother?

10. What did Axel tell David about the Badlands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effect of the novel’s setting on women. Is post-Tribulation life easier for women or harder? Choose three female characters and analyze what their respective situations say about life for women in this society.

Essay Topic 2

Sin – and the punishment for it – is central to this novel. Explain how this theme is developed over the course of the novel, using examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

A utopia is a place where everything is perfect. Does a utopia exist in this novel? Is Waknuk a utopia? Is Sealand? Why or why not?

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