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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 is dessert for the first meal ConaLee and her mother have at the asylum with the other ladies?

2. How far does Dr. Story want ConaLee's mother to walk daily?

3. How long does it take Weed to deliver the food for meals on the train?

4. What bird sound does Weed make for ConaLee when she finds him in the hedge in December?

5. Where does Weed like to hide and listen to the women in the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In March 1874, what work does Papa have ConaLee doing?

2. How is food brought to the dining rooms of the asylum?

3. How is ConaLee's mother doing by December 1874?

4. What does Weed do when Mrs. Hexum takes him to O'Shea's room after the altercation with Papa?

5. Under what conditions is ConaLee allowed to stay with her mother at the asylum?

6. From where does Weed like to observe comings and goings at the asylum, and how does he get there?

7. When ConaLee goes for the first walk with her mother, Nurse Blevins, and Mrs. Kasinski, what is a man doing who they see?

8. What instructions does Matron Bowman give ConaLee (Miss Connelly)?

9. How does Dr. Story describe his sessions with Miss Janet?

10. What is the regimen at the asylum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood Night Watch, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 2

A villain in literature is usually an evil character that actively harms the main character or others. An antagonist is a character that may not be wicked, but who opposes the main character in a story. Is Papa a villain or an antagonist? Might he be both?

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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