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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 happened to Kate Talbot's husband?
2. What does Anna take from the Hadfields to help her sleep?
3. Where is Faith when Anna comes to visit Aphra?
4. Why does Anna throw Elinor and Michael's plates against the wall?
5. Where do they finally find John Gordon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What image of Elinor's death does the author convey? What might this symbolize or show about Anna's view of Elinor?
2. Who is dragged to the bonfire accused of being the "ghost" of Anys Gowdie and selling the villagers spells and advice? What do they want done to her for this deception?
3. Where does Anna hope she will find relief? How does her knowledge of herbs comfort her?
4. What makes Anna even angrier as she leaves the Mowbrays'? What conclusion does she consider as a result of this?
5. Why is Anna repulsed by the rector? How do you think this contributes to the choice of her final destination in the novel?
6. Why doesn't Anna use the letter of introduction the rector wrote for her? What danger lurks for her if she isn't careful?
7. Why is Anna so angry with the Mowbrays? Who has influenced them to do these actions?
8. Who does Anna see as she is trying to get water from her well? What new endeavor has he begun?
9. Where is Aphra kept overnight? What effect does this have on her? On the villagers?
10. What does Elinor say when she is delirious? What might this mean? Why does the rector excuse Anna so curtly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Jane Martin change throughout the course of the novel? What do you think spurs this change? Why? Be sure to use at least three examples of her change in behavior.
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 all the tragic events Anna witnesses during the plague. Which of these, in your opinion, influenced her the most in forging her own life far away from the village and all the people she knows? Why? Explain in detail.
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