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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. Where did Diana's mother die?

2. What color horse does Yance ride?

3. Who does the old Indian who was sent to find Yance say took Carrie Penney?

4. What island in the West Indies does Kin intend to go to first?

5. What is Carrie's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the northern settlers put Yance in the stocks and how did he get free?

2. What does Kin tell Yance before he leaves for the West Indies?

3. What does Diana tell Kin about Samuel Maverick?

4. How does Diana make some of the men guarding her and Carrie leary of her?

5. How does Kin describe the path he watches while he hunts?

6. How did Henry learn to speak English?

7. Why is Reverend Blaxton considered to be eccentric?

8. What evidence is available that could cause Diana to be brought up before the assises?

9. How did Henry become the servant of a ship's captain?

10. How does Yance describe Diana Macklin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist and antagonist in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Henry, his life and his motives.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Rafe Bogardus, his profession, his character and how he became a killer.

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