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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. What did Eleanor's aunt chase her with in Zach's and Poppy's dreams?

2. How is Zach's mother's car described in Chapter 16?

3. Who is the author who wrote about Middle Earth and the forests of Ents that the narrator describes in Chapter 10?

4. Poppy says in Chapter 14, "I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like" what?

5. How is Alice's aunt's car described in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alice’s response when she learns of Zach’s dream in Chapter 12?

2. What confession does Zach make to Alice and Poppy in Chapter 16? How do they respond?

3. How does Zach compare adventures in books to reality in Chapter 10?

4. How have Zach’s perceptions of the quest changed in Chapter 9? Why have they changed?

5. How is the boat described that Zach pirates in Chapter 10?

6. Why does Zach feel responsible for the troubles that he, Alice, and Poppy are facing in Chapter 12?

7. What does Zach dream about in Chapter 13?

8. How do Zach, Alice, and Poppy escape the room they are held in at the library in Chapter 15?

9. What conflict breaks out between Alice and Poppy in Chapter 11? What happens as a result of the conflict?

10. Where does the librarian hold Alice, Poppy, and Zach while calling their parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Zach, Alice, and Poppy meet? For how long have they been friends? When and how did their imaginary game develop?

Essay Topic 2

How do Alice, Poppy, and Zach become trapped in the library? What are the repercussions of their entrapment? How do they escape?

Essay Topic 3

What inner conflicts does Alice face regarding the ghost of Eleanor being real? How does she cope with these conflicts? What does Zach tell Alice when he learns of her struggles?

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