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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 does the name Ana gives her baby mean?
2. What does Judas tell Ana about his life that surprises her?
3. What does Ana fear when she and Yaltha are supposed to part before Yaltha leaves for Alexandria?
4. Who does Ana task with doling out the money she wants to use to patronize Jesus's preaching?
5. What does Ana wrap her baby in for burial?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ana feel when she becomes pregnant in Part III?
2. Why does Judas say Herod Antipas is looking to dispose of his wife Phasaelis?
3. Why would a discovery of what Haran really did with Chaya be so damaging to Haran?
4. Where do Ana and Yaltha eventually find Yaltha's daughter, and how does she react to them?
5. What does Yaltha do to finally help Ana write again following the death of her baby?
6. Why does James hesitate to summon Jesus back from his work after the death of Ana's baby?
7. What does Jesus say to his brother James when James asks him if he cares more for the poor than for his own brother?
8. What secret does Yaltha tell Ana immediately following the death of Ana's baby?
9. Why does Ana have her own portrait painted in Part IV?
10. What do Ana and Yaltha do to try to find Yaltha's long-lost daughter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Ana is so drawn to Jesus the very first time she sees and meets him? What does Jesus do upon their first meeting in the market that sets him apart from anyone Ana has ever met before? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the tensions and conflicts that eventually arise in Ana's quite happy marriage with Jesus? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Monk Kidd treat the theme of guilt throughout this novel, and through which characters do you think she explores this theme most successfully and significantly? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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