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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 was happening when Brown’s father helped to burn something down?

2. How does Brown say his wife looks as he leaves?

3. What is the man in the forest carrying?

4. When does Brown’s wife say he should leave?

5. Why did Brown’s grandfather hurt a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brown admire about his wife as he leaves?

2. How does the man in the forest know Brown’s grandfather?

3. What did Brown’s grandfather do to a woman?

4. Why is Brown so afraid as he enters the forest?

5. How does Brown feel when he meets with the man in the forest?

6. What is the relationship between Brown and his wife like?

7. How does the man in the forest know Brown’s father?

8. Why does Brown say he should not be talking to the man in the forest?

9. What did Brown’s father burn down?

10. What is holding Brown back from doing what the man in the forest wants him to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faith does not want Brown to leave at the beginning of the book. Why is this, and what does this foreshadow?

Essay Topic 2

Faith was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Faith had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

The man in the forest knows some of Brown’s family members. Who does he know connected with Brown, and how?

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