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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 narrator say the madwoman turned her bed into for a time in Chapter 26?

2. How many hands does Glerk have?

3. What does Luna's drawing reveal when she seeks her grandmother in Chapter 34?

4. What is revealed to be the madwoman's name in the end of the novel?

5. Upon what is the madwoman flying on the backs of in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Xan ask for forgiveness in Chapter 44?

2. What does Ethyne announce to the Sisters of the Star in Chapter 38?

3. How and why does Fyrian begin to transform in Chapter 39?

4. Why does Glerk appear to Xan in Chapter 47? Where do they go together?

5. How is the Protectorate preserved from the erupting volcano?

6. What does Luna learn from the animated papers in Chapter 27?

7. Whose identities are revealed to Luna in Chapter 44? Why?

8. What is the symbolic significance of the sunlight that emerges in Chapter 38?

9. What does Xan recall of her childhood in Chpater 33?

10. How does the madwoman spy on Sister Ignatia in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Where in the novel does the exposition transition to rising action? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Ethyne in The Girl Who Drank the Moon. When and where is Ethyne introduced? What role does she play in the plot of the novel? Is she a protagonist or antagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of stories and storytelling in The Girl Who Drank the Moon. How does the author develop this theme through characters and actions in the novel? How is the theme developed through symbolism and imagery?

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