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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. What does Kate Talbot resort to in her desperation after seeing her husband's affliction?
(a) She tries to do a spell, hoping it will cure her husband.
(b) She tries to induce labor.
(c) She runs after her husband, who abandoned her.
(d) She tries to put her husband out of his misery.

2. What was the name of the boy who abandoned Elinor after convincing her to run away from home?
(a) Michael.
(b) Henry.
(c) Charles.
(d) Sam.

3. Where does Anna end up at the end of the novel?
(a) Oran.
(b) France.
(c) India.
(d) Spain.

4. What do Anna and the rector do that Anna is ashamed of?
(a) Dance together.
(b) Run away together.
(c) Dismiss the stable boy.
(d) Have sex.

5. Who finishes the sermon for the rector?
(a) Elinor.
(b) Mr. Stanley.
(c) Anna.
(d) Anna's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the rector hold his services now that the church is closed?

2. Where does Anna find Elizabeth Bradford?

3. What does Elinor carry in her arms during the Thanksgiving service?

4. What happens to Elinor at the Thanksgiving service?

5. Why is Anna disgusted with the rector?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Anna use the letter of introduction the rector wrote for her? What danger lurks for her if she isn't careful?

2. Whom does Anna ask for help with digging the graves? Why won't he help?

3. What child do Anna and Elinor help? What do they do to help this child?

4. Why is Anna crying in the kitchen? How is it therapeutic for her to tell Elinor her feeling about her father?

5. What makes Anna even angrier as she leaves the Mowbrays'? What conclusion does she consider as a result of this?

6. Why is Anna so angry with the Mowbrays? Who has influenced them to do these actions?

7. Why is the rector summoned to Christopher Unwin's house? Why does Anna see Christopher again later, bloody and naked?

8. What color do the rector and Elinor wear to the Thanksgiving ceremony? What might this symbolize?

9. What do Anna and Elinor do at the Gowdie cottage?

10. What do the rector and Elinor have their only disagreement over? How is Elinor's reaction significant?

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