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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Mr. Steele so hostile towards Mark when they are first introduced to each other at Belbury?
(a) He hates Bracton College and everyone who works there.
(b) He is hostile towards everyone.
(c) He is upset that Mark is being placed in his department without his permission.
(d) He knows that Mark is being hired to replace him.

5. What happened to the prisoner Alcasan?
(a) He tried to defy the N.I.C.E. and is now undergoing brainwashing experiments.
(b) He never really existed; he was just a propaganda story.
(c) He became the Head.
(d) He was tortured and killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strikes Jane about the leader of St. Anne's?

2. What does N.I.C.E. stand for?

3. Who is causing all of the disturbances that Mark is writing about?

4. Who controls most of the newspapers?

5. What is different in the atmosphere between Edgestow and St. Anne's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so unique about Mr. MacPhee?

2. Why are the N.I.C.E. causing all the riots that Mark is writing about when they end up having to stop them?

3. After speaking with Mrs. Dimble about another one of her dreams, Jane decides to take her advice and go see Mrs. Ironwood. How does Jane feel about having to rely on someone else?

4. What does Jane learn from her short conversation with Mr. Curry that is very shocking to her?

5. What does Jane see Mr. Frost doing in her recurring dream about him?

6. What does Mark see as he and Lord Feverstone pass by a mirror at Belbury?

7. What does the Fairy do to Jane to try and get Jane to tell her where she was coming from the night of the riot?

8. Why does Jane wake up so troubled some mornings?

9. What strikes Jane as so fascinating when she first meets Mr. Ransom?

10. What is the one job that Mark does not want to take if he joins the N.I.C.E.?

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