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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. As which of the following would Jet register for a hotel room?

2. What is the name of Vincent’s late beloved?

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

4. What variety of rose had Jet planted?

5. At which of the following does Kylie stop upon reaching Thornfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is noted as the usual custom for personal Grimoires when their authors die?

2. For what reasons does Gillian send Kylie after a sweater following Jet’s funeral?

3. What is the condition of Lockland’s ancestral estate?

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

5. What does Durant pack for the Owenses to take as they pursue Kylie?

6. Why does Franny consider questioning Ian Wright before he is fully recovered from his malediction?

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

8. What indication does Franny receive from Vincent that he wants to reconnect?

9. How does Sally’s second husband die?

10. Why does Ian note liking to run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For any one character or location, explicate the significance of his, her, or its name.

Essay Topic 2

The narrative makes the comment that “once you had what you wanted, left-handed magic took everything else in return. You didn’t even realize that you’d been burned until you looked down to discover you had been turned to ash” (120). What in the novel and in experience support the comment? How do they do so?

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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