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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 the narrator describe slithering up and around the madwoman's neck in Chapter 31?

2. Whom does Fyrian refer to as delicate in the end of Chapter 45?

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

4. Who says she will carry Luna's group to the Protectorate with her boots in Chapter 45?

5. What does Luna observe in the Sorrow Eater's heart in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luna discover about her wounds in Chapter 32? What do you think this implies?

2. Why does Xan call out to Luna to go away in Chapter 41?

3. What does Luna learn from the animated papers in Chapter 27?

4. What does the madwoman learn from Sister Ignatia's conversation in Chapter 26?

5. Why does Glerk appear to Xan in Chapter 47? Where do they go together?

6. How do the paper birds solve the conflict in Chapter 43?

7. How does the madwoman spy on Sister Ignatia in Chapter 26?

8. Whose identities are revealed to Luna in Chapter 44? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Xan in The Girl Who Drank the Moon. How old is Xan? How does she encounter Luna? Why does she take Luna in to raise herself?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Xan's home in the novel. Where is Xan's home located? What does it look like? How large is it?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the character of Sister Inatia in the novel. How old is Sister Ignatia? What is the role of the Sisters of the Star in the Protectorate? Is Sister Ignatia a protagonist or an antagonist? Why?

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