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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. In which month does the Owens family make soap?

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

3. What spirit is present in Chocolate Tipsy Cake?

4. For which of the following is Gideon bound when he has his accident?

5. At what pub do the Owenses wait while Sally makes contact with Wright?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What actions does Franny take to rid Ian Wright of malediction?

3. What rules does Sally inherit from Susannah Owens (8)?

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

5. How does Vincent mourn his lost beloved?

6. What does Vincent write to Fanny after Jet’s death?

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

8. How does a flight attendant on Kylie’s trans-Atlantic flight react to The Book of the Raven?

9. What are the likely reasons, per the novel, a person checks into a hotel without luggage?

10. What is the first working Kylie performs from The Book of the Raven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Readerly attention focuses on the following passage: “Franny understood this was how loss began. She had been here before, but then, like anyone else, she had forgotten this is what happened, that things ended when you least expected them to, that you could not protect those you loved from nature and fate” (18). What in the novel and in experience support the passage? How do they do so?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does the novel define magic? What in the novel supports the definition? How does it do so?

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