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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. In Chapter 9, what color are the tapestries in the hallway Cordelia, Matthew, and Anna enter at the beginning of the chapter?

2. How long has Jessamine, the Institute's resident ghost been dead?

3. In Chapter 5, who ran ahead on a horse to warn the Institute to prepare for the arrival of wounded?

4. What color are the flowers that grow in Idris and are used to make bracelets and rings for faeries?

5. In Chapter 11, how long ago did Risa set out supper?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1897, who does Lucie meet in the forest and how does she meet him?

2. What happens to Barbara Lightwood in Chapter 3, and how do Cordelia and Anna save her?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Grace tell James?

4. What happens during the picnic at Regent's Park in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 3, where does Lucie see the boy who rescued her in 1899, and what does she learn about him?

6. What did Tatiana do after Jesse died?

7. How did James remember finding himself in the greenhouse at Chiswick House in Chapter 7, and why does he not tell Charles and his father what happened?

8. What does Lucie learn from Emmanuel Gast's ghost?

9. In Chapter 7, what do Cordelia and Anna discuss about Alastair?

10. In 1899, how did James and Lucie spend their summer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 2

Grief is a feeling of loss, usually because of the death of a loved one. How do Thomas and his parents deal with the grief they feel over Barbara’s death? How do they handle their grief differently? What is revealed about coping with grief and how it is an individual process?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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