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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides Thursday, who answers Spike's call for help over the wireless?
(a) Bowden.
(b) No one.
(c) Victor.
(d) Braxton.

2. How long has it been since Thursday was last home?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six weeks.

3. What do Thursday and Bowden want to know at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) The location of Thursday's Uncle Mycroft.
(b) The location of Acheron Hades.
(c) The location of the Prose Portal.
(d) The location of the Martin Chuzzlewit manuscript.

4. Who shows Thursday to the room where Spike is?
(a) A young boy.
(b) A principal.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A janitor.

5. Why is Haworth House famous?
(a) It was featured in an English television comedy.
(b) It was the home of the Bronte sisters.
(c) It was the site of a major battle in the Crimean War.
(d) It was the home of Charles Dickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thursday return to Swindon?

2. What convention is taking place at the hotel that Thursday checks in to at the same time?

3. Why does Thursday agree to help Tamworth?

4. Why does Thursday have some of Edward Rochester's belongings?

5. Who is the author of the poem Mycroft wants to send Polly into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jack Schitt, and what does he talk to Thursday about at the cemetery?

2. Why did Spike need help?

3. What does Thursday's conversation with Victor and Bowden at the hotel bar reveal about Jack Schitt?

4. Describe Uncle Mycroft's workshop.

5. Explain Thursday's relationship with Acheron Hades.

6. Why is there a riot that Thursday sees on the news in her hotel room?

7. Why does Buckett leave the stakeout?

8. What does Thursday learn from Rochester in her dream?

9. Explain what happens to Thursday while she's at Haworth House.

10. Who is Colonel Phelps, and why is he headed to Swindon?

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