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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. Of which of the following do Ian’s books smell?

2. What kind of tea does Sally prepare Ian as he recovers from his malediction?

3. At what school does Ben Frye teach?

4. Which flowers begin to bloom as Jet perceives her coming death?

5. With which of the following does Part Three, Chapter I begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gillian attempt to evade her family’s curse with Ben Frye?

2. Why does Ian note liking to run?

3. What ultimately incriminates Ian Wright after his arrest?

4. What does Ian note as the intended effects of the malediction used against him?

5. What is the significance of the Chocolate Tipsy Cake?

6. What reason is given for people staying home in Thornfield on All Soul’s Night, and what reason is understood to be true?

7. What is the origin of the Owens Library in the novel?

8. Why do the Owenses draw straws to see who will approach Wright?

9. How does Hardwick respond to Kylie’s appearance at the library following Gideon’s accident?

10. What reason is given for Sally’s color-blindness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than fantasy fiction might the novel belong? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The Book of the Raven has in it an inscription from Jet that reads “Everything worthwhile is dangerous” (107). Does the novel bear out the inscription? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the novel’s preoccupation with Shakespeare, not only in the main text, but also in the back matter. What effect does that preoccupation have on the readers, and how is that effect achieved?

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