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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 does the taxi drive in Thornfield keep on hand to discourage fare-skipping?

2. Of what does Sally’s burnt hair sacrifice smell?

3. With which of the following does Part Five, Chapter III begin?

4. On which highway is Antonia driving when Kylie calls her after her hair changes?

5. In what language is the incantation Franny uses against Lockland’s curse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is on the menu at the inn in Thornfield when Lockland’s curse takes hold (313)?

2. What does Lockland claim is the purpose of magic (257)?

3. What does the Owens, who cast the curse on the family, note must be done to lift the curse?

4. What early evidence of precocity does Antonia’s son show?

5. Why are the more distant Owens relations disappointed in Ian?

6. What reasons are given for Ariel’s choice of scent?

7. How does Lockland escape Sally?

8. What is the lesson Sally and Gillian take from their experiences (377)?

9. What punishment does the novel note for molesting the trees noted in the Domesday Book?

10. What tradition is noted for hikers in Thornfield?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the novel define magic? What in the novel supports the definition? 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

As a book in a series, The Book of Magic necessarily relies on earlier information to make itself make sense. What information is missing from the present novel that would clarify it? How do you know?

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