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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. Where is Spike when he calls for help?

2. What is on the handkerchief Thursday is given when she is discharged from the hospital?

3. What is the title of the poem Mycroft sends Polly into?

4. Why is Colonel Phelps going to Swindon?

5. When Thursday returns to her hotel after helping Spike, what is waiting for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Uncle Mycroft's workshop.

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

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

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

5. What was Spike doing when he called for help?

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

7. Explain the debate about Sir Francis Bacon and Shakespeare's plays.

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

9. Explain Thursday's relationship with Acheron Hades.

10. Why does Thursday's mother want her to call Landon Park-Laine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Acheron Hades and Jack Schitt, and explain each character's relationship to Thursday Next.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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