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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Finch have trouble believing in Chapter 7?
(a) That Alice has never read Tales from the Hinterland.
(b) That Althea is truly dead.
(c) That Althea is a bad person.
(d) That Alice is Althea's granddaughter.

2. What does the character observed by Alice and Finch in Chapter 10 release from a cage?
(a) A flying puppet.
(b) A pale fox.
(c) A shadowy bird.
(d) A black mouse.

3. What object is the bird carrying in Chapter 12?
(a) A ransom note.
(b) A page from Tales from the Hinterland.
(c) A scrap of Ella's clothing.
(d) A page from the Vanity Fair article on Althea.

4. According to Alice in the second chapter, what always found her and her mother?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) The Hinterland.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Criminal activity.

5. What is the name of the cafe where Alice works?
(a) The Angry Duck.
(b) The Blue Goat.
(c) The Laughing Fox.
(d) The Salty Dog.

6. How much older was Ness when she finally emerged from the Hazel Wood?
(a) 5 years older.
(b) 12 years older.
(c) 15 years older.
(d) 7 years older.

7. According to Finch in Chapter 11, why was Ella kidnapped?
(a) To feed the Hinterland.
(b) To teach Alice a lesson.
(c) For use as bait.
(d) To atone for Althea's sins.

8. Who locks the two sisters in their mother's room in "The Door That Wasn't There"?
(a) Their father.
(b) The servants.
(c) The younger sister.
(d) Their stepmother.

9. According to the tale "Alice-Three-Times," what color were Alice's eyes when she was born?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Silver.

10. Who trades places with the elder sister in "The Door That Wasn't There"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her half-brother.
(d) Her stepmother.

11. In Chapter 6, what does Alice discover inside the envelope bearing her name?
(a) A letter from Althea.
(b) A photograph of Althea and Ella.
(c) A clipping from the Vanity Fair article.
(d) The first page of Alice-Three-Times.

12. According to the tale "Alice-Three-Times," what does Alice smell after she kills the winning suitors?
(a) Her father's wine.
(b) Her mother's perfume.
(c) Her nursemaid's hands.
(d) Her sister's hair.

13. Upon entering her apartment in Chapter 6, what is the first thing Alice notices?
(a) An awful mess.
(b) An awful sound.
(c) An awful smell.
(d) An awful sign.

14. What was Ella's final advice for Alice?
(a) Go to the police.
(b) Stay away from the Hazel Wood.
(c) Come to the Hinterland.
(d) Go find Althea.

15. What was the subject of Finch's nightmare in Chapter 18?
(a) His mother.
(b) Althea.
(c) The Hinterland.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, where does Alice encounter Ness's odd rhyme?

2. What is the name of Alice's mother?

3. What is Finch's first name?

4. Whom does Alice recognize in the diner in Chapter 10?

5. According to Alice in the first chapter, who kidnapped Alice when she was six years old?

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