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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. During what season are Birle and Orien currently traveling in Chapter 21?

2. What does Birle decide to reveal to Joaquim upon his questioning?

3. To whom is Birle taken to be cared for in Chapter 22?

4. How is Corbel's absence an advantage to Joaquim?

5. What do the nailed hands represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Birle's life now in Chapter 15, living with Joaquim?

2. What does Birle come to understand about Gladaegal?

3. When Orien is injured and Birle rushes to the laboratory, what does she realize?

4. What does Joaquim say to convince Corbel to let Birle continue staying with him, and why does he do it?

5. How does Joaquim use Birle's education in reading and writing, and what does this mean for her?

6. What changes occur in Orien and Birle's relationship in Chapter 21 after Birle and Orien have escaped slavery and Orien is now healed?

7. Who is Lady Fortune and what does Joaquim say about her?

8. Birle realizes that Corbel, along with being cruel and greedy, is also clever. How is he clever, especially with the throwing of the feast?

9. Birle sees a hand nailed to a board holding a gold coin and she finds out that there is another hand on the other side as well as the heads that go with the hands elsewhere at the marketplace. What do these represent and who are they?

10. Describe Nan and Birle's meeting.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Corbel is one of the antagonists in the novel. Discuss and analyze his character. What sort of antagonist is he? What makes up his persona? How do others view him? How does Birle view him? What about Joaquim? Although we do not see Corbel often, why is he an essential character to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

There are many characters in the novel that Birle and Orien meet. Choose one character and analyze him/her. Who is this character and what purpose does he/she serve to the story? What is his/her relationship to Birle and Orien?

Essay Topic 3

We meet Gladaegal as we near the end of the novel. Compare and contrast Gladaegal and Orien. How is their relationship with one another? Who might make a better Earl, and why?

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