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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 does Zach realize is missing in Chapter 14?

2. How much does Zach's breakfast cost him in Chapter 9?

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. Where is the office in the library that the librarian takes the children to in order to call their parents?

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. What prior sailing experience does Zach have when he pirates the boat? How does he employ this experience?

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

5. What is peculiar about the way the Queen is perceived by minor characters in the novel?

6. What secret of Alice’s is revealed by Poppy in Chapter 12? How does Zach respond?

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

8. What does Alice discover in Zach’s backpack in Chapter 9? How does Zach react?

9. What does Zach discover from the plaque on the china display in Chapter 15?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of magic and superstition in the novel. What are examples of symbolism and imagery used to support these themes? What do these concepts mean to Zach in the beginning of the story? What do they mean at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Where do Alice, Poppy, and Zach depart the bus on their way to East Liverpool? Why? How far are they from their destination? How do they intend to reach their destination?

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