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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 is illustrated in Chapter Ten?

2. Chapter Twenty-one begins with which of the following?

3. What are Beatryce’s first words to Jack?

4. Chapter Eight begins with which of the following?

5. Which of the following did the man with the knife take from Jack’s father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter Fourteen, what sobriquets does Bibspeak apply to Jack?

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

7. What reason does Edik give for having been in a field with Answelica early in Chapter Three?

8. In Chapter Four, how does Edik initially assess the condition of the child who had been curled up next to Answelica?

9. Why is Edik tardy in feeding Answelica?

10. What story does Beatryce promise to tell of Edik’s mermaid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of The Beatryce Prophecy on best seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Edik muses on the following question (117): “And shouldn’t home be the place where you are allowed to be yourself, loved as yourself?” What answer to that question does the novel advance, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Ehrengard’s true name.

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