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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. In Chapter 4, what are Gretel's brother's symptoms?

2. In Chapter 3, what is the design of Scarff's pipe?

3. In Chapter 7, what is the gift from Simon?

4. What does Simon say when he is told that he cannot visit Maren again?

5. In Chapter 9, what do Mr. Peterman and his son bring?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what has O'Neill sent to Auntie, Clara, and Maren?

2. Who cursed Scarff and Verity and why?

3. In Chapter 9, who makes a delivery and what do they bring?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Clara dream?

5. How did Clara and Maren come to Auntie?

6. In Chapter 12, why does Clara scold O'Neill for promising Osbert licorice lozenges?

7. In Chapter 3, how does the village celebrate when Scarff and O'Neill arrive?

8. In Chapter 9, how does O'Neill send a message and what news does he send?

9. In Chapter 11 where does O'Neill sleep and why?

10. In Chapter 7, what do Maren and Clara do after breakfast on Christmas morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maren is becoming a mermaid in the novel. How does Maren feel about becoming a mermaid? Why does O’Neill think that Maren becoming a mermaid is a problem to be fixed? Why does Clara believe that it is Maren’s destiny to become a mermaid? What is Maren’s destiny?

Essay Topic 2

Faith is a theme in the novel. What role does faith play in the story? What do characters have faith in? Which character has the strongest faith? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Clara is the protagonist of the novel. Who would be the protagonist in the story? Is there more than one protagonist? Why or why not?

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