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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orual denies the feeling of elation rising in her at the beauty of nature. Why?
(a) She feels feverish and unsure of her perceptions.
(b) She understands it is a deception of her senses.
(c) Bardia warns her against the feeling.
(d) She feels indulging it would be like laughing on the way to Psyche's funeral.

2. Psyche serves Orual:
(a) Meat and wine
(b) Berries and water
(c) Bread and water
(d) Berries and milk

3. The King does not believe Orual loves Psyche because. . .
(a) Psyche is Redival's daughter.
(b) Orual and Psyche are only half-sisters.
(c) Redival is Psyche's daughter.
(d) Psyche is Orual's step-daughter.

4. When Psyche suggests her god might be able to make Orual see and understand her situation, how does Orual respond?
(a) She says she hates it and does not want to understand it.
(b) She begs Psyche to admit she cannot see it either.
(c) She challenges the god to make her see.
(d) She agrees.

5. Orual feels an urgency to escape the Mountain. Why?
(a) She wants Psyche to return to the palace.
(b) She regrets coming up the Mountain.
(c) Her sickness is beginning to return.
(d) Winter is coming and she finds the place fearful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recognizes Orual's grief and offers her an outlet through training at swords?

2. What proof does Batta offer that the people have stopped worshiping Psyche?

3. At the start of the chapter, Orual determines to. . .

4. Before the birth of King Trom's third child, the atmosphere of the castle is. . .

5. What caused the King's position to weaken even further?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Orual's biggest struggle in chapter 11?

2. Why do Orual and the Fox sense misfortune for Psyche?

3. What kind of relationship does Orual have with her father?

4. Orual calls the love she feels for Psyche "deeper than theirs who seek only the happiness of their beloved." What does this imply about Orual's former thoughts on leaving Psyche to her happiness?

5. Why does the war with Tarin's father seem to "leave a stench?"

6. Why is Bardia the guard at Psyche's door?

7. What does Orual believe is the true reason the gods have tried to give her such feelings of happiness on her journey, and why does she refuse to accept these feelings?

8. Ultimately, why is Psyche happy to be sacrificed to the god of Grey Mountain?

9. What does Psyche's helping Orual across the stream represent?

10. Describe Orual's childhood.

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