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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 Atticus plan to do with The Book of Names, as revealed in Chapter 8?

2. According to Montrose in Chapter 6, what is the date on the calendar inside the Narrow house?

3. To whom does Horace go for help in Chapter 7?

4. What is inside the package Caleb gives to Lancaster during the meeting in Chapter 8?

5. What job does Caleb want Ruby to perform for him, as revealed on page 245?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Caleb defeated in Chapter 8? What entity helps in this matter?

2. How is Captain Lancaster defeated in Chapter 8?

3. Which two men accost Horace in Chapter 7, and what do they have? What do they want from Horace?

4. What happens to Ruby on New Year’s Eve, as revealed in Chapter 5?

5. Who was Ulysses? What can the reader gather about him, based on Montrose’s description in Chapter 6?

6. What information does Henry reveal about his father in Chapter 6?

7. What two pieces of information does Ruby discover about Caleb at the end of Chapter 5? How does she react?

8. What happens when Hippolyta travels through the portal in Chapter 4?

9. Who is David Landsdowne and what information does he give Montrose in Chapter 6?

10. According to Henry on page 289, what is he? What does he want?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Atticus finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the other characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Caleb’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad one?

Essay Topic 3

Atticus experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same? By the novel’s end, is he better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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