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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. After leaving the village and meeting Dench, what does Ralph admit to Julia?

2. What animal attacks Richard in the barn?

3. Which of the following events does Julia NOT attend with Marianne?

4. In Julia's reoccurring dream, where are she and the baby headed?

5. What musical instrument does Julia play so that she can accompany Richard's singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Uncle John initially respond to being back at Wideacre estates?

2. How does Julia's relationship with James change over the course of their meetings?

3. What dream does Julia have that prompts her to go and speak to the village people?

4. How does Richard respond to the news that Julia is going to be sent away?

5. What is the reaction among Wideacre estates to Uncle John's payment plan?

6. How does Julia feel about having meeting and having to visit with Dr. Phillips?

7. How does it come to pass that Richard strikes Julia with his riding crop?

8. How does Celia respond to the constant comparison of Julia's looks to her sister Beatrice's?

9. How does Julia respond to being asked to orchestrate the planting of an apple orchard?

10. How does Aunt Beatrice die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel "The Favored Child" works in a trilogy of Phillipa Gregory novels entitled "Wideacre." Explain how this novel functions as the second in a set of three novels. What history do you expect was presented in the first novel, and what loose ends do you expect the third novel to tie up?

Essay Topic 2

Julia has very close and unusual relationship with her deceased Aunt Beatrice. Compare and contrast the two female characters and their relationship to Wideacre.

Essay Topic 3

While Julia is in Bath, she meets and becomes engaged to a man named James.

Part 1) Describe the courting period of Julia's and James's relationship.

Part 2) Describe the future that Julia and James planned together.

Part 3) Explain why Julia's and James's wedding never came into fruition.

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