View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Philip and his brother, Francis grow up after they are orphaned?

2. What happens when Aliena tries to sell her fleeces at the market?

3. What is the reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?

4. What question does Tom ask Ellen after staying with her for a time?

5. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom ask Ellen after she allows Tom and the children to stay in her cave, giving them food and shelter?

2. Why does Lord William Hamleigh fire Tom from the job of building him a house?

3. When the condemned man dies, what is the reaction of the young pregnant girl to whom he was singing?

4. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring and how does this affect his relationship with Waleran?

5. Summarize the actions of the townspeople before the hanging takes place.

6. Describe the design of the cathedral Tom proposes to build for Prior Philip.

7. What events take place when William Hamleigh goes to the castle at Shiring to claim it as his own?

8. Describe the condemned man's appearance.

9. Of what is the crime that the condemned man has been found guilty?

10. Summarize the location and outcome of the birth of Tom's third child.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare and contrast Waleran Bigot and Prior Philip.

2) Describe the methods each use to secure their futures.

3) How do their methods differ? Which of the two men employ the most effective methods for a prosperous future?

4) Cite examples from the novel of the methods of the two men and the results.

5) Which man's approach to a situation had more prosperous and lasting results at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the events following the sinking of the White Ship.

2) What is the fate of lone survivor and how is he involved with Aliena, Jack, Waleran Bigot, Percy Hamleigh, and Prior James?

3) How does the survivors' lives affect the lives of these characters?

4) Cite examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the steps Aliena must go through in order to start up her wool business.

2) What supplies does she purchase, who does she consult, and what business associates does she meet?

3) How does Aliena adapt her business to grow and prosper through the years?

4) Summarize the prosperous times, as well as the times of hardship.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 793 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample