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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. Why does Luke Garrett break down and cry after the surgery?

2. What does Cora think the initial sounds are when she overhears the man trying to help the sheep?

3. Why does Spencer read Cora's letters to Luke?

4. What is Spencer's occupation?

5. Who does Spencer run into out on his walk about Colchester?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cora state emphatically about her comings and goings to Charles Ambrose while having tea?

2. What character is introduced reciting the parts of the human heart?

3. What caused the naturalist, Mary Anning, to begin her studies of the natural sciences?

4. Whom did Naomi believe to have webbed hands like her own?

5. What did Cora feel disgraced her during her attendance at Sunday service in Aldwinter?

6. What is the Flying Dutchman that Cora and William saw while walking?

7. Cora was out for a walk and stumbled upon what scene?

8. According to Cracknell, what happened to one of his goats?

9. What did Francis insist on doing immediately after the funeral services of Michael Seaborne?

10. Who does Spencer write to to request help regarding improving the housing project in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Francis, at the end of the novel, is away at school and writes his mother regularly. Explain the change in his behavior and discuss why the author chose to present him in this manner.

Essay Topic 2

Luke Garret performs heart surgery, and in the novel is the first doctor to perform surgery successfully. Discuss the changes medical science has made over the last 150 years, and how one person's courage—and arrogance—can change the course of history, using references to the novel to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Martha is fully aware that Spencer is in love with her. Analyze her behavior throughout the novel as it relates to Spencer.

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