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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. Amma tells Macon Ravenwood that her family has been “cleaning up the messes” for Macon’s family for how long in “The Greats”?
2. What date opens “A Crack in the Plaster”?
3. What initially prevents Lena and Ethan from traveling back in time when they touch the locket in “Red Sweater”?
4. Lena tells Ethan in “A Crack in the Plaster” that most of her family members with magical abilities learned to control them by what time?
5. Ethan’s aunts explain that the reason Ethan hasn’t seen the relative whose initials are on the locket on the family tree is because he was what, in “The Sisters”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lena attempt to push Ethan away in “Greenbrier”? How does Ethan respond?
2. Who is “Boo Radley” in “The Real Boo Radley”? What novel is this name an allusion to?
3. What happens outside of Ethan’s father’s study in the beginning of “Marian the Librarian”?
4. How is the setting of Gatlin, South Carolina described in “The Middle of Nowhere”? How does Ethan explain his role within the community?
5. When Ethan touches the locket while at church in “The Sisters,” what scene unfolds?
6. How do Ethan and Lena part at the end of “Collision”? What aroma does Ethan smell at this time?
7. What part of the library does Ethan visit for the first time in “Marian the Librarian”? How is this room described?
8. What is the significance of the numbers written on Lena’s hand in the novel?
9. What does Lena explain to Ethan about the names of her family members in “The Writing on the Wall”?
10. What supernatural incidents are described in the opening of “The Real Boo Radley”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of bullying in the narrative. How is this theme illustrated through the characters of Savannah Snow and Emily Ashcroft? What other examples of bullying can be seen in the first chapters of the novel? How does bullying apply in the Caster world?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the characters of Mercy, Prudence, and Grace and their role in the novel. What is Ethan’s relationship like with his aunts? What information does Ethan gain from the Sisters? How do they help him in his quest?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of poetry in the novel. What style of poetry does Lena write? Do you enjoy the excerpts included in the text? How would you analyze them as stand-alone pieces? What poets are alluded to in the narrative?
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