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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 Mark not want as his primary job if he takes a position with the N.I.C.E.?

2. What happens to the man in Jane's dream who was in a car coming home in the dark?

3. How does Mark see Lord Feverstone when they pass a mirror?

4. What does Jane do to calm her nerves after her night of horrible dreams?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Wither so upset with the Fairy for trying to take Jane by force on the night of the riot?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is Reverend Straik's warning to Mark about joining the N.I.C.E.?

6. How does Jane gain admittance into St. Anne's the first time she goes there?

7. Why is Mr. Steele so hostile towards Mark when they are first introduced to each other at Belbury?

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

9. Why is Lord Feverston appointed the new emergency governor?

10. What does the Fairy have Mark do as his first project at Belbury--much to his chagrin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is what happened to Mr. Hingest so important? What kind of warning is this occurrence supposed to send out? Is the message received? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Ransom is a very important figure in this book. What symbolic figure is he supposed to represent? Use examples from the text to support this idea. How does this standing affect the other characters he comes in contact with in the book?

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