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

2. Whom does Alice call for information in Chapter 13?

3. What is the answer to the question, "What does Ilsa wait for?"

4. According to Audrey in Chapter 7, who has Alice's mother?

5. According to Finch in Chapter 7, what happened to his copy of Althea's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Alice and Finch visit the bookseller in Chapter 12?

2. To whom does Alice go for help in Chapter 7? What does she learn?

3. Who is Audrey? What does she tell Alice at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. In “The Door That Wasn’t There,” what does the stepmother do to Anya and her sister?

5. Who appears in Alice's cafe one day in Chapter 2? What is he doing, and what does he leave behind?

6. Who is Alice's grandmother? What does Alice know about her, as explained in Chapter 3?

7. In “The Door That Wasn’t There,” what instructions is Anya given?

8. What signs does the Hinterland give Alice in Chapter 18 to let her know she is on the right path?

9. What odd message does Alice receive in Chapter 12?

10. What happens when Alice leaves school in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alice’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a good character? In what ways is she a bad one? How does Alice in the real world compare and contrast with Alice-Three-Times?

Essay Topic 2

Alice finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 3

At one point in the novel, Alice thinks that “Hell is caring about other people” (179). Choose a minimum of two characters and explain how the novel illustrates the danger of caring for others.

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