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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 picks Thursday up from the airport?

2. Who is Mycroft's assistant?

3. Who does Thursday lose in the Crimean War?

4. Where is Spike when he calls for help?

5. What story is going to be opened by the Prose Portal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Goliath Corporation?

2. Who is Snood, and what is his relationship to Thursday?

3. When the Martin Chuzzlewit manuscript is stolen, what two things does Thursday discover that are strange about the crime scene?

4. While Thursday is in the hospital, a car appears in her room. Who is in the car, and what does this person tell her?

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

6. Why does Buckett leave the stakeout?

7. Describe the LiteraTecs' office in Swindon.

8. 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?

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

10. Who is Felix7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Crimean War. What is/was Thursday's involvement in it? How does she feel about it? How is the Crimean War related to the story of The Eyre Affair?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the protagonist and antagonist from The Eyre Affair. How do you know these characters are the protagonist and antagonist? What is the conflict between them? Do any other characters or forces work against the protagonist? If so, who/what? And how?

Essay Topic 3

Name the parts of a story structure, or story arc. Create the story structure of The Eyre Affair using the major plot points from the story.

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