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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 special privilege does Mr. Wither offer Mark that Mark does not want to accept?

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

3. What does Filostrato tell Mark that the real purpose of the N.I.C.E. is while they are chatting in Filostrato's room?

4. What does Feverstone say to Mark about Curry and Busby after they leave the dinner party at the College?

5. What does the Fairy say she has chosen to do with the prisoner Alcasan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bracton College interested in selling Bragdon Wood to the N.I.C.E.?

2. What was the fate of the only man to ever try and leave the N.I.C.E. and who was that man?

3. When Jane meets Lord Feverstone for the first time, how does she feel?

4. What does the Fairy tell Mark repeatedly to not bother Mr. Wither about?

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

6. What does Mr. Wither do to get Mark to take the position at the N.I.C.E. after he turned it down?

7. Why does Mrs. Maggs resign from her position as Jane's housekeeper?

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

9. After hearing about her dreams, what does Mr. Dimble tell Jane to do if she feels the urge to tell anyone else about her dreams?

10. How does Jane escape from the N.I.C.E. police force on the night of the riot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mark has some very interesting experiences during his training at Belbury. Explain some of these experiences. What are they supposed to be teaching Mark? Do you think it works?

Essay Topic 2

There are many different proposed purposes of the N.I.C.E. What are some of the different proposed purposes, and what is the real purpose? How does the N.I.C.E. plan to achieve this purpose? How does this differ from the main mission of St. Anne's? What are they doing to complete their mission?

Essay Topic 3

How is Mark persuaded to do things he does not want to do? Does this change throughout the book? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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