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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 predicament was Elinor in after her lover abandoned her?

2. What happens to Elinor at the Thanksgiving service?

3. What did the Mowbrays do to their infant to protect it from the plague?

4. What is the name of Anna and Mompellion's child?

5. Why is Anna crying in the rectory kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Anna ask for help with digging the graves? Why won't he help?

2. Why do the rector and Anna visit her father? Does anything come from this visit? Explain.

3. What plan does the rector come up with to save the village? What is the reason for this action?

4. Why is Anna crying in the kitchen? How is it therapeutic for her to tell Elinor her feeling about her father?

5. Where does Anna hope she will find relief? How does her knowledge of herbs comfort her?

6. What is revealed about Elinor's past? What is Anna's reaction?

7. What path has John Gordon taken? How does he meet his end?

8. What does Elinor say when she is delirious? What might this mean? Why does the rector excuse Anna so curtly?

9. What do the rector and Elinor have their only disagreement over? How is Elinor's reaction significant?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about Anna's adoration of her children. What does Aphra tell her about this? How are the tables turned later on in the book? Is Aphra's heart truly hardened, as Anna says? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 2

Think about Anna's questioning of her faith throughout the novel. What events cause her to question the only faith she has ever known? What specific questions are posed in her at times? Do you think this is why she leaves the village? Be sure to write in detail.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Anna's role in the rectory. Do you think she was just a servant? Why? Do you think her role as a leader evolves greatly throughout the novel? Why?

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