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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. Who does the man in the forest remind the narrator of?

2. Who asks Brown something before he leaves?

3. What does Brown sense in the branches of the trees?

4. What kind of home does Brown have?

5. What does Brown compare his wife to as he is leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brown feel when he meets with the man in the forest?

2. What does Brown say that makes the man in the forest laugh?

3. What is holding Brown back from doing what the man in the forest wants him to?

4. Why does Brown say he should not be talking to the man in the forest?

5. Why does Brown think Faith doesn’t trust him?

6. What does the man in the forest want Brown to do?

7. How does Brown feel when he hears about the people in town who know the man in the forest?

8. How does the man in the forest know Brown’s father?

9. What does Faith ask of Brown?

10. What is Brown doing at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faith does not want Brown to leave at the beginning of the book. Why is this, and what does this foreshadow?

Essay Topic 2

This story is written in the short story format. Why do you think the author chose to present such an intricate story in this format?

Essay Topic 3

Goody Cloyse is a very important character in the story. Why is this, and what message does her presence send?

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