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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Pieter is charged, who does the captain invite to live in his home?

2. Who finds Pieter with a gun prepared to kill himself?

3. Whose bird did Pieter tell to come now and sing?

4. Why did Stephanie lose her first job?

5. Who worked with two servants to clean the filth from the small pox in Venterspan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jakob likes control. Analyze his need to be in control through specific incidents with his wife, Sophie, and Pieter before and after Pieter is found out.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the possibility that Pieter's upbringing may be the cause for his two selves and the possibility that his ailing relationships with his father and his wife may be the cause for his eventual involvement with Stephanie. Be specific.

Essay Topic 3

After Jakob dies, Pieter's mother and his wife and aunt Sophie band together. What does this new relationship signal in the story, but first, how does it come about since Nella has been sent away by Jakob?

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