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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 realization does Anna come to while listening to the Colonel?

2. Who is integral to the rector's plan for the village?

3. Why doesn't Anna scold the stable boy?

4. What is the name of the rector's horse?

5. What relationship did Anys and George have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Anna and George Viccars evolve?

2. What does Anna do to try to console the rector? How does he respond?

3. What confrontation ensues at the Bradford household after Mompellion's sermon? Is anything resolved?

4. What is the condition of the rector in the beginning of the novel?

5. What is Mem's condition after the incident with the crowd? Who takes care of her?

6. Why is Anna surprised when the rector comes upon her in the field? How does the rector react to this?

7. What was the relationship between Anys and George? How does Anna react to this?

8. What happens to Edward Cooper? What soon befalls Anna's child? How does this effect Anna?

9. What does the rector say the plague-stricken villagers should do? How does this differ from the rest of the group?

10. What does Anna do at the Bradfords'? How does she unwittingly cause a stir?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about the Bradford's cook, Maggie Cantwell. Why is she devastated when the Bradfords throw her out? Where does she have to go? Why will she not take Anna's offer? Does this affect what happens to her in the next town? Why? How does Maggie Cantwell die? What question does this pose in Anna?

Essay Topic 2

Think about the difference between the Gowdie garden and Elinor's garden. Are Mem's and Anys's fates much different from Elinor's? How might these gardens affect their deaths? Think specifically about the reasons for these characters' deaths and each garden's instrumentality in the survival of the village.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Anna's adoration of her children. What does Aphra tell her about this? How are the tables turned later on in the book? Is Aphra's heart truly hardened, as Anna says? Be sure to use examples.

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