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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 what does Sally’s burnt hair sacrifice smell?
2. Which of the following epithets had attached itself to Franny in her youth?
3. What does the taxi drive in Thornfield keep on hand to discourage fare-skipping?
4. Which of the following, boiled, reportedly allows people to see spirits?
5. What type of tree is the oldest noted in the forest near Thornfield?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Owens, who cast the curse on the family, note must be done to lift the curse?
2. What does Lockland claim is the purpose of magic (257)?
3. How does The Book of the Raven note a curse must be broken?
4. Whence comes the town library in Thornfield?
5. What ingredients are in Franny’s cure for drunkenness (292)?
6. How are shades defined in the novel?
7. What symptoms does Kylie display from Lockland’s curse?
8. How does Vincent attempt to summon the ghost of his late beloved?
9. What rites are needed to join the Society of the Horseman’s Grip and Word?
10. What is on the menu at the inn in Thornfield when Lockland’s curse takes hold (313)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the central discourse of the novel? That is, what is the main point the novel makes—not its theme, as such, but its main message? How does the novel bear out that discourse? What makes it the major point made in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Assuming that The Book of Magic should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?
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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