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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. How much does a lifetime membership in the N.I.C.E. cost?

3. Where does Jane call home after her experience at the riot?

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

5. How does Professor Filostrato view the natural trees of the forest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mark thinking about his wife the morning after he came home to his wife in tears?

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

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

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

7. What is so unique about Mr. MacPhee?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This book shows the journey of Mark and Jane's relationship. What is their relationship like at the beginning of the book? How does it progress? What is their relationship like at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Jane has a horrible experience when she encounters a riot caused by the N.I.C.E. on the street. What happens to her? How does this compare to or contrast with the experience Mark is having at the N.I.C.E.?

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