View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following does Christopher live?

2. What are fisherfolk bringing in when Adam passes by them?

3. With what does Christopher attack Kavil?

4. In what form was the Immortal first born?

5. How many years had Warren been at sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the novel, what is a bridgi?

2. When is the way to the Archipelago normally supposed to open?

3. Why, per the novel, does a person need the kind of friendship that emerges between Mal and Christopher?

4. Why does Christopher wear a necklace of coins?

5. How had Leonor known the seer who named Mal was legitimate?

6. What are voulay drops?

7. What is Frank’s job as guardian?

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

9. Why had the seer who had named Mal been turned away?

10. Why does Frank forbid Christopher from going to the hilltop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than fantasy might Impossible Creatures be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. That is, there are chapters, but the chapters are not grouped together in larger sections. On what grounds might the divisions used for study and discussion be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Impossible Creatures on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 510 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample