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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 is the name of the matron at Cottage Hospital?

2. What is the name of the Cottage Hospital cook?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 21, what phone books does Duncan look inside?

4. What bookshop does Zoe go to in Chapter 22?

5. What is the name of Rufus's girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matthew do and feel when he sees Rachel in Chapter 28?

2. In what memory does Duncan take refuge when his mother tells him they will talk that evening in Chapter 27?

3. Who is the American that Zoe keeps searching out?

4. What does Duncan say about Gordon, Lily's former human, at the end of Chapter 19?

5. What does Duncan learn in Chapter 32?

6. Why does Rufus say that he and Zoe should not have sex in Chapter 26?

7. Where does Duncan wake at the end of Chapter 21, and what does he decide that he needs to do?

8. What happens when Benjamin and Matthew fight in the gym?

9. What preparations has Tomas made for canvassing the neighborhood for Karel's assailant?

10. In Chapter 25, how does Benjamin explain what happened at Rachel's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

The Langs are a close-knit family. How would you describe the Lang family? What is revealed about family dynamics through their interactions with one another?

Essay Topic 3

Zoe wants to make a pact to be truthful for a week. Why does Zoe suggest making a pact to tell no lies for a week? How difficult is it to be honest? What do Zoe and her siblings learn about lying and honesty through the pact?

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