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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 is the name of Anna and Mompellion's child?

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

3. How does Jane Martin's behavior change from the beginning of the novel?

4. What is Anna's father sentenced to?

5. What predicament was Elinor in after her lover abandoned her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. What is Anys carrying when she runs at the rector with the knife? How does this spur her to murder Elinor?

7. What does Anna take to help her sleep? How does it work? How is it dangerous?

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

9. What image of Elinor's death does the author convey? What might this symbolize or show about Anna's view of Elinor?

10. Why does Aphra blame Anna for her husband's death? What does Anna notice about Aphra when they bury him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Think about Anna's father, Josiah. What events in his life have taught him to be a cold, callous character? How does his treatment of Anna estrange him from her? Do you think he deserves mercy for his actions? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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