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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 Horace Guester's knack?

2. What did Peggy attempt to do?

3. What answer did Redbird give Alvin?

4. What was the difference between Cavil and Abraham?

5. What did Cavil start to think?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the difference between Hank and other dowsers?

2. Why does Cavil perceive his visitor as an overseer?

3. What action shocked the traveling priest?

4. Why was the man that Peggy had been dancing with confused when Peggy stopped dancing?

5. How did he treat his slaves following the appearance of his visitor?

6. Why did Hank Dowser seek to calm Makepeace Smith after he had riled him up?

7. What had White folk found a way to calculate?

8. Why was the Berry's saying that this half white child was theirs was the best bet to ensure the child's survival?

9. Why wasn't Peggy as dressed up as some of the other girls at the ball?

10. Why did Alvin end up feeling like he was "half hisself"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alvin's deteriorated relationship with Cally. What does this deterioration show about Cally's character, and what does it reveal about Alvin's? Could this relationship be salvaged by Alvin? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of slavery in this book. How has slavery become a tender topic of American history? What are some of the main human rights violations that occur while a slave is indentured to his or her master?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Alvin's initial fear that Arthur Stuart wasn't accepted in Vigor Church. Why was this a major concern of Alvin's? What was it that Alvin wanted for young Arthur Stuart, and why couldn't he just continue to follow Alvin?

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