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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 Finbar hide from Sorcha?

2. Who has Father Brien been caring for?

3. Where is Colum from?

4. In what season does Mean Sumhraidh take place?

5. Where is Sorcha when she sees her brothers for the first time since the spell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange things happen on the day of Colum's wedding?

2. After the ceremony, what does Sorcha find in a cave?

3. What makes the shirts for her brothers so hard to weave ?

4. What does Sorcha have difficulty doing after her attack?

5. How does Sorcha describe Finbar, Padriac, and Conor at the beginning of the book?

6. What do Sorcha's brothers do when they realize Sorchas has been attacked?

7. What does Sorcha say is the hardest part of their brothers' curse?

8. What bad news does Liam hear about home?

9. What does the ceremony held by Sorcha and her brothers involve?

10. Who helps the prisoner, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This plot takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Marillier have chosen these particular places for a specific plot point to take place?

Essay Topic 2

John is a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did the author accomplish using a minor character so effectively? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if John had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

How does the attack endured by Sorcha affect her life?

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