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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. How does Uncle John refer to Julia's visions?

2. After Julia is declared missing after the attack, who sends out a search party to find her?

3. What instrument is used in a race on the last day of reaping?

4. How does Ralph respond when Julia says that she will not announce the name of Clary's killer?

5. What type of bird does Ralph keep as a pet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Richard demands that Julia dress up for a dinner engagement?

3. How does Julia feel about her relationship with James upon leaving Bath?

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

5. How does Richard and Julia's wedding progress?

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 to Uncle John and Celia when they set out to have Julia's marriage annulled?

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

10. After Julia's encounter with Ralph in the village, what does she dream of when she falls to sleep that night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Uncle John and Celia have vastly different parenting techniques. Compare and contrast the two characters as parents, and explain the impact that they each have directly on the children of the novel.

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

As an adult, Richard kills many characters. Choose two characters, describe their murders, and explain the impact that these murders have on the plot of the novel.

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