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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. Who comes to Julia's aid when arguing why she should return to Wideacre?

2. Who is accused of stealing wheat from the Wideacre fields?

3. How is it rumored that Wideacre grows such a prosperous harvest?

4. Why is Jimmy Dart arrested?

5. Which bodies cannot be buried in the church cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the revelation that Uncle John admits to Julia and Richard after the sickle race?

2. After the attack, how does Julia make her way home and what does she tell her family?

3. What conversation do Richard and Julia have in regard to her engagement to James?

4. What happens during Richard's physical attack against Julia?

5. What is "Maying," and how is it celebrated?

6. What happens during the sickle race on the last day of the harvest?

7. How does Julia get Rosie Dench's debt erased?

8. What happens when Julia attempts to write a letter to James after her parents are murdered?

9. What interesting thing does Julia witness at Clary's funeral?

10. What do Julia and James witness when they visit the hovel where the slave children live, and what is their response?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Richard and Julia were raised on Wideacre in seeming bliss.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the childhood that both of these children experience.

Part 2) Explain the meaning that Wideacre had to each child as they progress into adulthood.

Part 3) Explain why these two children, who were raised on the same land, grow into such polarized adults.

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