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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 is Alyce afraid Jane is telling Reese when she sees them talking to each other?

2. Where is Alyce sent at the end of Chapter 14?

3. Why does Alyce take the back roads to the manor?

4. What does Alyce tell the boys that the thing she is threatening them with will do?

5. Why does Alyce send for Jane during the labor in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alyce finally find out about Edward in Chapter 14?

2. What does Jennet tell Alyce about the thin man who takes her interest at the inn?

3. What causes Alyce to cry for the first time in Chapter 15?

4. What makes Alyce smile for the first time? What does she dream about on the same night?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Alyce tell Reece is her only wish in life? What does she believe about achieving her goal?

6. Whom does Alyce begin working for in Chapter 12?

7. Who arrives at the inn in Chapter 16, and what is troubling them?

8. What must Alyce work up the courage to ask a man about in Chapter 13?

9. What does Jane think when Matthew arrives looking for Alyce in Chapter 11?

10. When Jane tells Reese that perhaps Alyce leaving her was for the best, what does Alyce think she means? What does Jane actually mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Karen Cushman, the author of the novel. What other works has she received recognition for? Do the other works have similar themes? Does she always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to Alyce? What is their role in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Alyce. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? What struggles or obstacles does she face throughout the novel? Does she grow as a character? If so, how?

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