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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. After Elinor tells Anna her secret, what do they spend the day doing?
2. What does Mompellion do after Elinor's death that is unusual?
3. What makes Anna suspect that Elinor is sick?
4. What one topic do the rector and Elinor have a difference about?
5. Why is the rector constantly tired?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the rector summoned to Christopher Unwin's house? Why does Anna see Christopher again later, bloody and naked?
2. Who is dragged to the bonfire accused of being the "ghost" of Anys Gowdie and selling the villagers spells and advice? What do they want done to her for this deception?
3. What path has John Gordon taken? How does he meet his end?
4. Why doesn't Anna use the letter of introduction the rector wrote for her? What danger lurks for her if she isn't careful?
5. What does Elinor say when she is delirious? What might this mean? Why does the rector excuse Anna so curtly?
6. What do Anna and Elinor do at the Gowdie cottage?
7. Why is Anna so angry with the Mowbrays? Who has influenced them to do these actions?
8. Why does Anna take Anteros for a ride? What do you think this symbolizes?
9. Why is Anna crying in the kitchen? How is it therapeutic for her to tell Elinor her feeling about her father?
10. What is Anys carrying when she runs at the rector with the knife? How does this spur her to murder Elinor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about Elinor's past. Why do you think she tells Anna about this? What does the rector do to punish Elinor for these past transgressions? Does he regret it later? Why? How does Anna react to all of this?
Essay Topic 2
Think about Anna's father, Josiah. What events in his life have taught him to be a cold, callous character? How does his treatment of Anna estrange him from her? Do you think he deserves mercy for his actions? Why?
Essay Topic 3
How does Jane Martin change throughout the course of the novel? What do you think spurs this change? Why? Be sure to use at least three examples of her change in behavior.
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