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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 is odd about the orchard Alice enters in Chapter 21?
(a) The fruit is made of jewels.
(b) The leaves of the trees are made of metal.
(c) The trees are really giants.
(d) The roots are made of snakes.

2. Years ago, who originally came with Janet to the Hinterland?
(a) Althea.
(b) Ness.
(c) Martin.
(d) Ella.

3. According to Althea in Chapter 23, what bad decision did Vanella make years ago?
(a) She entered the Hinterland.
(b) She married a Hinterland man.
(c) She stole a Hinterland baby.
(d) She wrote her own stories.

4. What is the true identity of the second bartender Alice meets in Chapter 26?
(a) Althea.
(b) The Story Spinner.
(c) The St. Pauli girl.
(d) Janet.

5. According to Althea in Chapter 23, what would not happen until Alice returned to the Hinterland?
(a) Althea could not write another word.
(b) Althea could not leave her home.
(c) Althea could not see Ella again.
(d) Althea could not die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creature attacks Alice at the start of Chapter 21?

2. Who arrives on bicycles to save Princess Alice, as explained in Chapter 29?

3. What happens to Finch at the end of Chapter 19?

4. Who punishes Princess Alice in Chapter 29?

5. What does Alice observe a girl in the woods doing at the beginning of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Alice learn from the American refugee in Chapter 24?

2. What happens to Alice at the end of Chapter 28?

3. What promise did Finch make, according to Finch in Chapter 19? How does he feel about this promise?

4. What does Alice learn from Althea about Althea and the Hinterland in Chapter 23?

5. Who is Janet? What does she do in the Hinterland?

6. How does Alice eventually escape the Hinterland in Chapter 30?

7. Who is the Briar King? What does Alice learn about him in Chapter 24?

8. Who is the Spinner? How does she appear in Chapter 26?

9. What does Alice learn from Althea about Alice herself in Chapter 23?

10. What is Alice currently doing, and what are her plans for the future, as described in Chapter 31?

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