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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what kind of bird are the feathers that the narrator describes the madwoman sitting among in Chapter 26?
(a) Swallow feathers.
(b) Hawk feathers.
(c) Eagle feathers.
(d) Starling feathers.

2. What sweeps in and scares the crow in Chapter 32?
(a) Paper birds.
(b) A swarm of bees.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A hawk.

3. Who is chosen to murder Antain in Chapter 26?
(a) Sister Ethyne.
(b) Sister Mae.
(c) Sister Ignatia.
(d) Grand Elder Gherland.

4. What does the madwoman suggest that Antain do in order to lessen the power of the Sorrow Eater in Chapter 45?
(a) To weep.
(b) To hope.
(c) To cast a spell.
(d) To pray.

5. How does Antain injure Xan in Chapter 33?
(a) He breaks her wing.
(b) He breaks her neck.
(c) He breaks her leg.
(d) He blinds her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 28?

2. What is written at the bottom of the drawing of the woman in the tower with the bird in Chapter 31?

3. What word does the Grand Elder say "as though it was the bitterest of pills" (217) in Chapter 26?

4. What is revealed to be the madwoman's name in the end of the novel?

5. Where had Sister Ignatia hidden her boots, according to the narrator in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the madwoman find Xan's home in Chapter 31? What does she find there?

2. How are hope and sorrow juxtaposed in the novel?

3. How does Luna find the castle and enter it in Chapter 25?

4. How does Luna manage to overthrow the Sorrow Eater in Chapter 45?

5. What happens when Antain encounters Xan in Chapter 33?

6. Why does Xan ask for forgiveness in Chapter 44?

7. What does Ethyne announce to the Sisters of the Star in Chapter 38?

8. What information does Xan learn from Antain in Chapter 37?

9. What does the madwoman do when she sees Luna in Chapter 42?

10. Why does Ethyne become enraged with the Grand Elder Gherland in Chapter 34?

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