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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 does Wat inform Will of after they fight?

2. What does Francis do before sending his men away in Part 4, Chapter 1?

3. Who informs Francis of Harvey's death?

4. What does Francis expect to do after forging the signature in Part 3, Chapter 4?

5. Who finds Mariotta after her miscarriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Will arranges a meeting with Wat?

2. How do Kate's feelings towards Francis change?

3. How do Francis and Richard end up in the wilderness without the Scottish army?

4. What event causes the escape of Francis from captivity and the rescue of Gideon?

5. How does Richard react to hearing the news of Mariotta's association with Francis?

6. Why does Will inform Wat of Francis's location and what is the result?

7. What marriages are taking place at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?

8. Where does Richard's search for the glove maker take him?

9. What two things bring Maxwell to the party?

10. How is Christian wounded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Papingo shoot features new characters and another reason for Richard to resent Francis.

1) Explain what a Papingo shoot is along with the effect it has on the town and its people.

2) Describe Patey Liddell and what he is known for throughout the town.

3) Analyze the ending to the Papingo shoot, how Richard is wounded, the clue that is left behind, and Richard's response to it.

Essay Topic 2

Gideon's house is the setting for a number of major events throughout the book.

1) Describe the Somerville house and their family life.

2) Explain Francis's first visit to the Somerville house, along with his actions before, during, and after it.

3) Analyze the overall effect that Francis has on Kate and the Somerville family in general.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Will's meeting with Wat, including the following: why he chooses to arrange it without Francis's knowledge, the failed attempts of Wat to convince Will to leave Francis' group, the fight between Wat and Will, what Wat does to get Will's attention, and how the meeting's interruption is misinterpreted by Will.

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