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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 does Florens have to escape from while getting the blacksmith?

2. Why doesn't Florens want to accept what a boy in the woods offers her when she is heading for the blacksmith?

3. What does Florens say is a good sign from ancestors?

4. What does Reverend Father teach Florens?

5. What does Senhora do that bothers Jacob?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is strange about Lina's closest friendship?

2. How does Florens show proof that she is not breaking any laws while she is heading to the blacksmith's house?

3. How did D'Ortega come to be the way he is in the book?

4. How does Jacob Vaark feel about the D'Ortegas, and why?

5. How does Florens feel about the task she is given after Jacob's death?

6. How does Lina try to honor her culture in her situation?

7. What does Rebekka say was her main source of support when she was a new bride?

8. Why does Rebekka have no children?

9. Why does Lina end up waiting in the woods for Florens?

10. How did Rebekka's father feel about her as a young woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compassion and empathy is a theme present in a number of places in the plot. What are some of the best examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the outcome of this book?

Essay Topic 2

How did the themes of slavery and freedom interconnect and move this plot along?

Essay Topic 3

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

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