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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. When Did Jack and Hazel agree to meet up to go on a dig?

2. What was the Wortflower-root tea good for, according to Jack's mother?

3. Why was Baron Walford thinking of a certain paradox in Chapter 31?

4. What did Dr. Beecham use to keep away infection and make sure that the new body part took well for Baron Walford?

5. Why was Thomas not present for the birth of his and Isabella's child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jack know that Munro had not just left town?

2. How did Hazel convince Jack to go on a dig?

3. What was surprising about the body that Jack delivered to Hazel?

4. What did Hazel make Jack promise at the end of Chapter 29?

5. In Chapter 23, what was Jack thinking about when he and Hazel went riding for their second time?

6. What was different about Hazel's kiss with Jack than Hazel's kiss with Bernard?

7. In Chapter 21, why did Jack not bring Hazel a body as he had promised?

8. In Chapter 28, who found Jack at Hawthornden? What happened to that person before he showed up at Hawthornden?

9. In Chapter 25, who came to Hazel for treatment and why?

10. In Chapter 23, what was unusual about the body that Hazel and Jack dug up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Hazel's view of people from a lower social class was different than any of the other noble-born people in the book. How does the author show this difference?

Essay Topic 2

Hazel and Dr. Beecham have two opposing views about medical advancement and progress. Write an essay defining Dr. Beecham's view and make a case for the validity of his view.

Essay Topic 3

This book is essentially about Hazel. Is there another character that you'd like read a story about? What about that character would make you interested in reading a story that was mostly about them?

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