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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josefa teach Amara to do?
(a) Swim.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Play with jarts.
(d) Jump rope.

2. What does Beneditx say can be seen in the eyes of a newborn?
(a) God.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Angel eyes.

3. What does Palinor do?
(a) Apologizes to Joffre.
(b) Has Joffre and Dolca in bed with him having sex.
(c) Leaves Joffre and Dolca alone in Palinor's bed.
(d) Hits Joffre.

4. What does Palinor need?
(a) A wise man for advice.
(b) A wife.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A moneylender to get his passage home.

5. What is one of Beneditx's outstanding characteristics?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Humility.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josefa realize about God?

2. What does Severo decide to do with the wolf child?

3. What does the shepherd tell the men at the snow house?

4. Who captures and rapes Amara repeatedly?

5. What does Palinor tell Dolca she can do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Severo respond to Jamie's story?

2. How does the author ask the reader to think about the island? What would those thoughts reveal?

3. What happens when Dolca comes into Palinor's room on an errand?

4. What do Severo and Beneditx debate about and what are each of their views?

5. How does Sor Blancha realize Amara misses Josefa and what happens when she does?

6. Why is Beneditx angry and what does he remember about his mother's anger?

7. How is Amara doing now and what does she gain by it?

8. What about Gaspar and his life does Severo think of while he is riding to see Palinor?

9. What happened to Amara that put her into her present condition when brought back to the Abbey?

10. Who rescues Palinor and how did they do it?

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