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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 Beetle tell the cat about at the end of Chapter 2?
2. Who is made to stand in the rain with a millstone around his neck in Chapter 7?
3. What does Gilbert Gray-Head teach Alyce in Chapter 7?
4. What do Will's friends do when he falls in the water in Chapter 6?
5. What does the protagonist ask the woman for in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what do the 'Devil's footprints' lead the villagers to on Old North Road?
2. After the miller's baby is born, how does the midwife treat Beetle? Why doesn't Beetle mind her treatment?
3. What happens when the village boys chase Alyce in Chapter 6?
4. What do the villagers comment on when they pass Alyce and the cat in Chapter 6?
5. What is there a strange abundance of in Chapter 4?
6. Where does Beetle take the injured cat to recover in Chapter 2? After it is recovered, what does she tell the cat about?
7. What does Will tell Alyce after she rescues him from the river?
8. What happens one day while Alyce is telling Purr about the delivery of the twin calves?
9. What does Alyce offer the cat in Chapter 6?
10. Where does Alyce hear frightening noises coming from in Chapter 8? What do they turn out to be?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a milestone? What are some of the milestones Alyce experienced throughout the novel? How does she react to these milestones?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of greed in the novel. Who is greedy and why? How does this character show his or her greed? How do the other characters react to his or her greed?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Alyce's lack of confidence throughout the novel. What might have caused her lack of confidence? How does she gain confidence throughout the novel? How does an increase in confidence improve her life?
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