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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. Where does Vega Jane put the book from Quentin Herms’s home when she arrives at Stacks?

2. Who tells Vega that he’s been appointed chief of the newly established Wormwood Constabulary?

3. Who is the owner of the Loons boarding house in Wormwood?

4. According to Domitar, what was his childhood dog's name?

5. According to Vega, what is the history behind the name "Stacks"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book does Vega discover hidden in Quentin Herms’s cottage in OCTO: “Inside a Book”? Where does she find it?

2. What is the reward that Julius Domitar describes to his employees in NOVEM: “The Reward”?

3. What key does Vega choose in VIGINTI UNUS: “Eon and the Hole”? What does Eon tell her about her journey?

4. How is the chain called “Destin” introduced in UNDECIM: “The Chain of Destin”?

5. What does Vega Jane witness when she reaches the Quag in UNUS: “A Place Called Wormwood”?

6. Why does Vega return to Stacks after work in VIGINTI UNUS: “Eon and the Hole”? What does Vega see in the pit there?

7. Who taunts Vega after the meeting in TREDECIM: “Morrigone Calls”? Where is Vega invited to have dinner?

8. How is Morrigone described in SEPTEM: “Morrigone”? What does Morrigone ask Vega in the chapter?

9. What conversation does Vega Jane overhear while hiding in Quentin’s cottage in NOVEM: “The Reward”?

10. What leads Vega Jane to return to her childhood home in DUODEVIGINTI: “Home Again”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Vega Jane’s imprisonment and trial in the novel. Who arrests Vega? Why? Who are the judges that will sentence Vega? What is Vega Jane’s sentence?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze Vega Jane’s experience in the past where she sees Morrigone on the evening of Virgil’s Event. What takes place in this “flashback”? What information does Vega learn from witnessing this occasion? How does this information change Vega’s perspective of Morrigone?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative style of The Finisher. Is the narrative related from a first, second, or third-person narrator? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Is the story told in the present or past tense? What effect does each of these authorial choices have on the reader?

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