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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 is the name of Darrow's company?

2. Where is Fairchild banished from?

3. What is Dungy's real name?

4. What disguise does Jacky use to escape the Rat Castle?

5. Who told Horrabin about Dumb Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Doyle leave the gypsy camp?

2. Who is Doyle going to see before he is shot by men whistling a song from the future? What is his plan?

3. How does Jacky end up at the river where Doyle is being pursued?

4. Describe Jacky.

5. What happens when the time tourists arrive at the lecture?

6. Jacky is captured by Horrabin's beggars and put down a hole. What happens up until her escape?

7. What sort of questions does Darrow ask Doyle during Doyle's interview?

8. Describe the place where Horrabin and his beggars hold parliament.

9. Describe Horrabin.

10. Each passenger in Darrow's group wears a leather band that is called a hook. Describe what it is for and how it works.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Teobaldo or Horrabin a more frightening beggar lord? Which one would be the best to work under? Describe what makes each one most effective. Describe what makes each one more formidable.

Essay Topic 2

What can be learned from the sorcerers in the book? Are they a cautionary tale? Is their sorcery a metaphor for anything? Describe what they all had in common.

Essay Topic 3

Despite the fact that Doyle knows Ashbless marries Elizabeth Tichy, do their characters seem right for each other? What importance does their relationship have to the plot? Is their relationship central to the story? Is romance a focal point of the story? What leads you to your conclusion?

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