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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 12, who is in the courtyard when James, Lucie, Cordelia, and Matthew arrive at the Institute?
2. When James had the scalding fever in 1900, who read to him?
3. How did James meet Grace Blackthorn in 1899?
4. In Chapter 6, what plants does Cordelia see in the Chiswick House greenhouse?
5. In Chapter 1, where does Lucie say she was when she heard about a girl that James loves?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are the Princes of Hell, and why does James research them?
2. Why do Grace and Tatiana come to the Institute in Chapter 12?
3. In Chapter 10, what does Grace want James to do, and how does James react?
4. What does James's Uncle Jem say about the injuries of Barbara, Piers, and Ariadne?
5. In 1897, who does Lucie meet in the forest and how does she meet him?
6. 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?
7. When did James catch the scalding fever and who cared for him then?
8. What happens to Barbara Lightwood in Chapter 3, and how do Cordelia and Anna save her?
9. What does Lucie learn from Emmanuel Gast's ghost?
10. In Chapter 10, what information does Ragnor Fell give James and his friends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding of what is happening difficult?
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