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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 Thursday told about her visit to Jane Eyre from childhood?

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

3. Who is Bowden Cable?

4. When Thursday arrives to help Spike, what does he need from his squad car?

5. Who is narrating this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Quaverly?

2. What is the Goliath Corporation?

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

4. Describe the LiteraTecs' office in Swindon.

5. Why does Acheron Hades threaten to burn a copy of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" in order to get Uncle Mycroft to cooperate?

6. Why does Buckett leave the stakeout?

7. Explain Thursday's relationship with Acheron Hades.

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

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

10. Explain what happened at the stakeout after Buckett left.

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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