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

2. What mythical character does Mr. Dimble refer to while speaking with Jane about Bragdon Wood?

3. What happened to Mr. Hingest the night after he announced his decision to leave the N.I.C.E.?

4. Why is Mr. Wither unable to tell Mark what his main duty will be when Mark arrives to accept his position with the N.I.C.E.?

5. How does Mr. Wither seem to Mark during their conversation when Mark is first introduced at Belbury?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why are the Denistons so eager to have Jane be a new member of their group at St. Anne's?

8. Why is the N.I.C.E. so interested in buying Bragdon Wood?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the purpose of Jane's dreams, while citing examples from some of them specifically. How do her dreams contribute to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Merlin is an essential character in this book. What central role does he play? Where does he come from? What side is he on? Why is he needed so badly? What are some of the things he does to help? Why is Merlin chosen to help the people at St. Anne's? What is he able to provide that no one else can? What would the outcome have been for St. Anne's without Merlin's support?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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