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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. Which of the following does Margaret gather to fight Lockland’s curse?

2. Ink made from which of the following is found in the Owens Grimoire?

3. With which of the following does Part Four, Chapter IV begin?

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

5. Which of the following does Margaret consider serving the Owenses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are shades defined in the novel?

2. What symptoms does Kylie display from Lockland’s curse?

3. What tradition is noted for hikers in Thornfield?

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

5. How does The Book of the Raven note a curse must be broken?

6. Antonia dreams of Jet while abed with Ariel; what does Jet say to her in the dream?

7. What rites are needed to join the Society of the Horseman’s Grip and Word?

8. What recipe does Margaret give Gillian?

9. What ingredients are in Franny’s cure for drunkenness (292)?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wright recalls his mother repeating an adage: Fate will make the best of you if you don’t make the best of it (230). To what extent does the novel support that adage? How does that support present itself in the text?

Essay Topic 2

Readerly attention also focuses on the following passage: “Seeing has little to do with opening your eyes; it’s what you feel inside that counts, it’s what you know without anyone telling you [sic]” (36). What in the novel and in experience support the passage? How do they do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the names of the formal divisions of the novel. What significance accrues to them? How does that significance present itself? What purpose is served by that significance? How is it served?

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