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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 makes Mark lose his resolve to distrust anyone at the N.I.C.E.?

2. Where has Mr. Maggs been since the beginning of the book?

3. What does the note from Jane say that Mark gets when he wakes up in the banquet hall?

4. What makes Mark want to belong to the N.I.C.E. after he had made the decision to resist them?

5. What does Jane do that makes it impossible for Mr. Frost to spy on her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the 'Curse of Babel' do to the people at the banquet table?

2. What happens when Mark punches Wither in the face?

3. What happens to Mark when he sees the remains of the prisoner Alcasar?

4. Why is Mark so hesitant about stomping on the crucifix in his training room?

5. What is so significant about Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither fighting about Jane?

6. According to the macrobes, what is the true fate of human kind?

7. What does Merlin do when Ransom successfully passes all the tests Merlin gives to see if Ransom truly is the leader of St. Anne's?

8. Why are Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither trying to talk to the old man in Latin?

9. What does Mr. Frost receive that causes him to leave Mark in the holding room with no warning?

10. What happens to the people at St. Anne's when the Oyeresu start descending there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Head is a very integral figure in this book. Describe it. What is it? What is it used for? Where did it come from? What is the significance of the Head? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

What does Jane do to make Merlin so upset? How is she changed after she does this? Is there a way for Jane to make things right? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When Jane gets on the train to go to St. Anne's she notices a difference in the weather on her way there. What is this difference? What significance does this difference have?

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