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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. Why didn't Mock Berry want to stay in the sleigh when he saw Arthur Stuart?

2. Who was in the General Store when Alvin arrived?

3. What was the alternative to the manacles?

4. Who did Alvin end up telling about the plow?

5. What had Alvin accomplished by saying he did the work on the springhouse in his "free time"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pauley say that was so offensive?

2. Why was Mistress Modesty so upset?

3. What plan did Alvin come up with to make sure that the Finders would never find Arthur Stuart again?

4. Why was Old Peg Guester so upset that Arthur Stuart couldn't be taught at the schoolhouse?

5. What did the changes Alvin made in Arthur Stuart do to his heartfire and futures according to Peggy?

6. Why didn't Alvin think that people were the product of God's imagination?

7. How did Alvin feel about women after witnessing the relationships of the Smiths and Guesters?

8. Why didn't Alvin have any particular like for the two boys in Pieter's General Store?

9. What might Peggy have said if she had gotten a chance, before her mama died?

10. For what reasons did Alvin make the manacles, and why didn't he put them in water to cool?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the stereotypes that the Berry's reinforced in order to keep Arthur Stuart safe. How did their reputations pay a price when Arthur Stuart came about? Was this a fair trade for the security of the boy?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the newer forms of technology that are talked about in the novel for the era that the novel was set. What are some of the newer ideas, concepts, and things that are discussed when the reader takes into account that the novel was set in the early 1800s?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the idea of respect in this novel. Of what importance is respect among the White people in this novel? Of what importance is respect in today's era? Explain.

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