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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 one topic do the rector and Elinor have a difference about?

2. What conclusion does Anna come to about the plague after leaving the Mowbrays?

3. What does Anna notice about the will that the rector drew up for Jakob Merrill?

4. Under what charge is Anna's father brought to trial?

5. What secret does Elinor reveal about herself to Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Aphra kept overnight? What effect does this have on her? On the villagers?

2. Who does Anna see as she is trying to get water from her well? What new endeavor has he begun?

3. Why is the rector summoned to Christopher Unwin's house? Why does Anna see Christopher again later, bloody and naked?

4. What image of Elinor's death does the author convey? What might this symbolize or show about Anna's view of Elinor?

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

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

7. What does Anna take to help her sleep? How does it work? How is it dangerous?

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

9. Why does Anna take Anteros for a ride? What do you think this symbolizes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about the Bradford's cook, Maggie Cantwell. Why is she devastated when the Bradfords throw her out? Where does she have to go? Why will she not take Anna's offer? Does this affect what happens to her in the next town? Why? How does Maggie Cantwell die? What question does this pose in Anna?

Essay Topic 2

Think about the difference between the Gowdie garden and Elinor's garden. Are Mem's and Anys's fates much different from Elinor's? How might these gardens affect their deaths? Think specifically about the reasons for these characters' deaths and each garden's instrumentality in the survival of the village.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the first time Anna is asked to assist in delivering a child. Why is she so apprehensive about it? What, besides her lack of expertise, makes her lack confidence? How does she regain confidence? How is this significant?

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