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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. According to the tale "Alice-Three-Times," what does Alice smell after she kills the winning suitors?

2. Of what does Finch accuse Alice in Chapter 17?

3. What is the name of Finch's friend who lets them stay the night in Chapter 11?

4. What does the peasant girl in Chapter 12 have for a pet?

5. Who is missing from the lobby of Alice's apartment building in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is odd about Alice in the story "Alice-Three-Times," as explained in Chapter 9?

3. What is Tales from the Hinterland? What does Alice know about it, as explained in Chapter 3?

4. In “The Door That Wasn’t There,” what happens to Anya's mother?

5. What letter arrives at the end of Chapter 1? What is odd about it, and how does Ella respond?

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

7. Who is Ellery Finch? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter 5?

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

9. What plan do Alice and Finch make in Chapter 15?

10. What important information does Ness give Alice in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The line between fiction and reality is important to the novel. How can the real world be somewhat fictional? How does the fictional world mirror the real one?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ella and Althea. How are they similar, and how are they different? Why does each steal from the Hinterland, and why? What are the effects of their thievery?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the novel’s setting influences the novel’s plot, characters, and themes.

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