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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. For what do unicorns in the novel have a taste?

2. What color jersey does Frank knit for Christopher?

3. What is the name of Nighthand’s preferred pub?

4. From which of the following does the novel take an epigraph?

5. In which of the following does Christopher live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Christopher sent to Scotland?

2. Why does Christopher wear a necklace of coins?

3. What are voulay drops?

4. Why does Mal throw Gelifen off of the cliff?

5. Why does the Azurian Senate refuse Irian’s request for aid?

6. Why are Mal and Christopher prevented from entering the Senate?

7. What does Christopher know about the attention and love of animals?

8. What is a gagana in the novel?

9. Why does Frank choose the portrait he does to hide his safe behind?

10. Why does Gelifen give Christopher one of his feathers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Rundell’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, how might the novel be sectioned off for discussion and study other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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