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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. Which of the following shapes of candy does Beatryce request in Chapter Eleven?

2. Book the First begins with which of the following?

3. Which phase does Caddis use to acknowledge Edik’s prophecies?

4. What color are the wings of the angel the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village sees?

5. Chapter Eleven begins with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does the royal search party give to Jack for pursuing Beatryce?

2. What job does Jack have in his village, and why?

3. What does Beatryce think about as she prepares to take the soldier’s testimony in Jack’s village?

4. Why does Jack start at the approach of horses to his village?

5. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, how long does Bibspeak make Jack repeat his name?

6. In Chapter Fifteen, what reasons does the soldier give for wishing to be a bag of vegetables?

7. In Chapter Nine, whom does Edik note expecting to be literate?

8. Why do the monks purpose to send Beatryce on the errand to Jack’s village?

9. How long does Chapter Thirteen note that Bibspeak had been in the world?

10. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

DiCamillo’s novel and Blackwell’s illustrations borrow from the medieval. What effect does their borrowing have on the text and its paratext, and how is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

The effects of trauma on several characters in the novel are clear. How does The Beatryce Prophecy present trauma, and what significance accrues to the presentation?

Essay Topic 3

Do the punishments the counselor and his king receive from Ehrengard suffice? What in the novel and in experience suggest that they do or not, and how do they suggest it?

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