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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 Raine accuse Alyx of being after Alyx throws water on Joss?

2. What does Alyx do when Raine helps her from a horse?

3. How does Alyx do at learning to ride a horse?

4. What is Raine's nickname?

5. What does Raine admit to Alyx in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blanche tell Alyx about Joss's past?

2. What happens when Raine tells Alyx that they must bathe?

3. How does Alyx react when she finds out that Raine is aware that she is a woman?

4. What does Pagnell's servant tell Alyx she must do so no one will recognize her?

5. What plan does Joss and Alyx come up with to stop Raine from leaving the camp?

6. What does Alyx insist that she has not done, and how does Raine react?

7. Why is Alyx horrified to find out that she will be Raine's servant?

8. What is the first task that Raine assigns to Alyx?

9. What happens when Alyx is watching over Raine one night while he is in a feverish state?

10. Describe Rosamund.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of music in the novel Velvet Song. How has music influenced Alyx's life? How does it affect her as an adult? How does Alyx's music help her in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of pride in the novel Velvet Song. Discuss Raine's pride and how it affects his relationships, particularly his relationship with Alyx.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alyx's character growth. How does her character at the beginning of the novel compare to her character at the end of the novel? How and why is she able to grow?

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