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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. Who is NOT on the stakeout with Thursday?

2. How long has it been since Thursday was last home?

3. Who shot Tamworth?

4. What flowers are in the poem Mycroft sends Polly into?

5. When was the last time Thursday went out with the person she meets at the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Thursday's father visits, and why.

2. Explain Thursday's relationship with Landon Park-Laine.

3. After Thursday's report, Flanker tells her that Acheron is dead. How did he die?

4. When Thursday goes to Haworth House with Uncle Mycroft and Aunt Polly as a child, a tourist complains about the ending of Jane Eyre. According to the tourist, what is the ending of the story, and why doesn't he like it?

5. Why did Spike need help?

6. What is unusual about the performance of Richard III that Thursday goes to with Landon?

7. Why do Victor and Bowden think Thursday is in Swindon?

8. Describe Thursday Next.

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

10. What is the large book in Mycroft's workshop, and what does it do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a motif? Choose a motif from The Eyre Affair and explain it. How is this motif threaded throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

List the known divisions of SpecOps and explain what each of them does.

Essay Topic 3

What are the types of characters in a story? Give an example of each. How do you know each of these characters fall into these types?

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