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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. From what book does ConaLee choose the name Eliza when she comes to the asylum?

2. How many days does Dearbhla believe she has been on the road when she finds the hospital where she thinks the Sharpshooter is?

3. How long was Dearbhla's mother failing before she died?

4. How big was the house ConaLee left?

5. When ConaLee would give her mother milk, what would she add to the milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does ConaLee see when they arrive at the asylum?

2. What happens when a man named Bart tries to rape Eliza?

3. Where did the Sharpshooter, Eliza and Dearbhla find refuge, and how long were they safe?

4. What does the man named Reb make Eliza do after his companion is killed?

5. How did ConaLee and her mother live before Papa came?

6. What does Papa tell ConaLee to tell her mother about where they are going?

7. What does ConaLee tell Mrs. Bowman when she wonders why the man who brought her and Miss Janet to the hospital did not register them?

8. How and why was Dearbhla's adopted son branded?

9. Why does Dearbhla decide to try to find Eliza's husband?

10. What did the Sharpshooter do before he went to fight in the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While fighting, the Sharpshooter is badly injured. He recovers, but has amnesia and does not remember who he is or anything about his past. What is communicated about amnesia and making a new life through his experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Phillips use artistic license to create the realistic background of Night Watch?

Essay Topic 3

ConaLee still longs for the ridge. Eliza wants to put the past behind her and make a new life. What is revealed about assimilation through the way that ConaLee and Eliza adapt to life at the asylum?

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