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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mark and Jane do most of the time they are together when Mark comes home from his first stay at Belbury?
(a) Speak earnestly of what has happened over the last few days.
(b) Sleep and rest.
(c) Think of themselves.
(d) Think of each other.

2. What does Feverstone say to Mark about Curry and Busby after they leave the dinner party at the College?
(a) He is grateful to have them on his side.
(b) He thinks they are N.I.C.E. spies.
(c) He thinks they are rather stupid.
(d) He is suspicious of their deeper motives.

3. Who does Professor Filostrato warn Mark to not make an enemy of?
(a) Mr. Steele.
(b) The Fairy.
(c) Mr. Ransom.
(d) Lord Feverstone.

4. What kind of a driver is Lord Feverstone?
(a) A daredevil.
(b) Slow and steady.
(c) Distracted.
(d) Dangerous .

5. What is in the center of Bragdon Wood?
(a) A very deep and mysterious well.
(b) A natural spring of tainted water.
(c) An old cottage said to once house Merlin.
(d) A fence of stone.

6. Where does Jane rest after being abandoned in the middle of the angry mob?
(a) A doorstep.
(b) A bus stop.
(c) A train track.
(d) A broken suitcase.

7. What does the Fairy tell Mark to do if he decides to leave the N.I.C.E.?
(a) Leave on good terms.
(b) Ask for his initiation money back.
(c) Keep his mouth shut.
(d) Write about his experience.

8. How does Mr. Wither get Mark to stay with the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He threatens Mark.
(b) He asks Mark kindly for a favor.
(c) He offers to raise Mark's wages.
(d) He makes Mark feel like part of a group.

9. What is the name of the murdered man who Feverstone says was the only man who could help with the interplanetary problems?
(a) Feverstone.
(b) Progressive Element.
(c) Ransom.
(d) Weston.

10. What does Mr. Dimble ask Jane to do before she tells anyone else about her dream?
(a) Ask a key question.
(b) Pray about it.
(c) Tell him.
(d) Close her eyes and picture the perfect details of the dream.

11. Who is at Jane's bedside when she wakes up after her night at the riot?
(a) Mr. Ransom.
(b) Mrs. Maggs.
(c) The Fairy.
(d) Mark.

12. What happened to Mr. Hingest the night after he announced his decision to leave the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He was hit by lightning.
(b) He was in a terrible car crash.
(c) He was beaten to death.
(d) He got lost in the woods and fell down a well.

13. What is different in the atmosphere between Edgestow and St. Anne's?
(a) There is a happy feeling as one enters the gates of St. Anne's.
(b) The grass is greener at St. Anne's.
(c) The sun always shines on St. Anne's.
(d) There is no fog at St. Anne's.

14. What name is Mr. Denniston also known by?
(a) Mr. Ransom.
(b) Mr. Fisher-King.
(c) Mr. Frost.
(d) Mr. Fairy.

15. What does the Fairy do to Jane during the riot on the street?
(a) Cuts her hair as a sign of power.
(b) Greets her with open arms.
(c) Burns her with a cigarette.
(d) Turns her over to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who controls most of the newspapers?

2. What does Jane learn about the man from her recurring dream when she goes to St. Anne's and tells them of her dream?

3. How does Cosser differ from Mark in his opinion of the countryside?

4. Why is Mr. Dimble suspicious of N.I.C.E. buying the wood?

5. Why can Mrs. Maggs no longer work for Jane?

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