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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. How long has Alice been in the Hinterland, as she learns in Chapter 30?

2. What are the three objects left by the red-headed man doing at the start of Chapter 21?

3. Who stabs the younger suitor, as explained in Chapter 29?

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

5. What happens to Althea as she tells her tale in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Hansa? What information does Alice learn from her in Chapter 21?

4. Where does Alice find herself in Chapter 20? What instructions is she given?

5. How does Alice use the feather in Chapter 21?

6. How does Alice use the comb in Chapter 21?

7. What is happening inside Alice's castle in Chapter 28?

8. What is the true identity of the younger suitor, as explained in Chapter 29?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the many people integral to Alice’s travels in the Hinterland: Janet, Finch, the red-haired man, and the Spinner. How is each essential to her navigating the story world? What lesson does she learn from each?

Essay Topic 2

Alice finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 3

At one point in the novel, Alice thinks that “Hell is caring about other people” (179). Choose a minimum of two characters and explain how the novel illustrates the danger of caring for others.

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