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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will a beast not do after speaking with the master of St. Anne's?
(a) Die at the hands of a human.
(b) Harm a human.
(c) Bear offspring.
(d) Return to the wild.

2. What do the fellows at Bracton College think they hear outside during their meeting the night after they sold Bragdon Wood?
(a) Machine gun fire.
(b) A great storm raging.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A lion roaring.

3. How does Mark see Lord Feverstone when they pass a mirror?
(a) He looks small, cold, and evil.
(b) He has someone following in his shadow.
(c) He has cotton stuck to his face where he nicked himself shaving.
(d) He looks like the master of his clothing.

4. Why do the Dimbles have to move?
(a) They are being persecuted by the N.I.C.E.
(b) They have been forced out of the college society.
(c) Mr. Dimble got a new job with the college and wants to be closer to it.
(d) They live in Bragdon Wood.

5. Why does Mark feel so awkward at lunch on his first day at Belbury?
(a) He does not like the food being served, but feels that he cannot refuse it.
(b) He is starting to feel suspicious of the motives behind the N.I.C.E.
(c) He is nervous about not measuring up to the strict standards normal to the N.I.C.E.
(d) Lord Feverstone left him alone, and he feels out of place without his host.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Wither take Mark on in a probationary position instead of the original position offered him?

2. What specific change takes place in Jane while Mark is away at Belbury?

3. What mythical character does Mr. Dimble refer to while speaking with Jane about Bragdon Wood?

4. How does Jane escape the riot on the street?

5. What happened to the only person to ever leave the N.I.C.E.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the N.I.C.E. so interested in buying Bragdon Wood?

2. After speaking with Mrs. Dimble about another one of her dreams, Jane decides to take her advice and go see Mrs. Ironwood. How does Jane feel about having to rely on someone else?

3. What was the fate of the only man to ever try and leave the N.I.C.E. and who was that man?

4. After hearing about her dreams, what does Mr. Dimble tell Jane to do if she feels the urge to tell anyone else about her dreams?

5. What is the one job that Mark does not want to take if he joins the N.I.C.E.?

6. What is Mark thinking about his wife the morning after he came home to his wife in tears?

7. Why are the N.I.C.E. causing all the riots that Mark is writing about when they end up having to stop them?

8. Why does Miss Ironwood refuse to help Jane get rid of her dreams?

9. What advice does Mr. Ransom give Jane to help her fix her poor marriage situation?

10. Why is Bracton College interested in selling Bragdon Wood to the N.I.C.E.?

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