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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 the presence of the cockerel mean to Anna?
2. Who is the armed woman screaming at when she comes to the Thanksgiving service?
3. What color are Elinor and the rector wearing at the service?
4. What do Anna and the rector give Urith Gordon?
5. Why do Anna and Elinor go down into the Wickford mine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the rector exhausted during the chapter "Among Those that Go Down to the Pit"? What happens during his sermon?
2. What does Elinor say when she is delirious? What might this mean? Why does the rector excuse Anna so curtly?
3. Why is Anna repulsed by the rector? How do you think this contributes to the choice of her final destination in the novel?
4. Why do the rector and Anna visit her father? Does anything come from this visit? Explain.
5. Where does Anna end up at the end of the novel? What does she choose as her life's work?
6. Who does Anna see as she is trying to get water from her well? What new endeavor has he begun?
7. What plan does the rector come up with to save the village? What is the reason for this action?
8. What path has John Gordon taken? How does he meet his end?
9. Why is Anna crying in the kitchen? How is it therapeutic for her to tell Elinor her feeling about her father?
10. What do the rector and Elinor have their only disagreement over? How is Elinor's reaction significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about Anna's role in the rectory. Do you think she was just a servant? Why? Do you think her role as a leader evolves greatly throughout the novel? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Think about Anna's relationship with Lib Hancock. What telltale signs does the author show of their confidence in one another? How is that confidence broken? Is it ever truly mended? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Consider John Gordon's fate in the novel. What measures does he take to protect himself against the plague? Did Urith believe the same as he did? How does she show this? Do you think their situation influenced Anna in some way? Why? Make sure to use specific examples in your answer.
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