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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. Who mentions wolfsbane?

2. What does the man in the forest use his staff for?

3. How does Brown feel when he makes a vow?

4. How does Brown feel when he sees the animals in the forest?

5. Who tells us who the man in the forest is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brown feel when he sees Goody Cloyse in the forest?

2. What does Goody Cloyse complain to the man in the forest about?

3. Where does Brown first see his wife in the forest?

4. What does Goody Cloyse need help with in the forest?

5. How does Brown respond to knowing his wife is in danger?

6. What shows Brown that his wife is in danger?

7. How does the man in the forest replace his staff?

8. What causes Brown to make his vow?

9. Please describe what happens when Brown makes his vow.

10. What do we learn about the man in the forest from Goody Cloyse?

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

The man in the forest is a strange character. Who is he, and how does he appear?

Essay Topic 3

Hawthorne presents the idea that there are 2 sides to every man. Choose 3 of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

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