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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 Vincent’s dog?

2. In what part of London is the Invisible Library?

3. Which of the following books does Jet note having read?

4. Which of the following knots does Lockland put into Kylie’s pocket?

5. What is the name of the housekeeper at the Invisible Library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Vincent’s reasons for having fled from the Owens family in his youth?

2. What do the Owenses purchase at the Parisian magic shop?

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

4. What do Jet and Rafael eat for their last dessert together?

5. What does Kylie offer in exchange for her first direction toward left-handed magic in London?

6. What are the sections of The Book of the Raven (130)?

7. Explicate the irony in Lockland’s comments that the people of Thornfield do not know what to think about people like him?

8. What is the story of the sea monster in the Owens family’s American hometown?

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

10. Why does Ian note liking to run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of The Book of Magic on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Comment on the narrative style of the book (as distinct from narrative perspective). What is its overall tone? Its overall thrust? How does it manifest in the text?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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