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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 the name of Janet's girlfriend?

2. What is the name of the character who kidnapped Ella?

3. Who punishes Princess Alice in Chapter 29?

4. Who attempts to disrupt Princess Alice's story several times in her life, as explained in Chapter 29?

5. In Chapter 24, how does Alice attack the character who kidnapped Ella?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Ella following her abduction, as she explains in Chapter 31?

2. How does Alice eventually escape the Hinterland in Chapter 30?

3. Who is the Spinner? How does she appear in Chapter 26?

4. What does Alice learn from Althea about Althea and the Hinterland in Chapter 23?

5. What is the true identity of the younger suitor, as explained in Chapter 29?

6. What does Alice learn from Althea about Alice herself in Chapter 23?

7. According to Janet in Chapter 25, how did she and Althea meet?

8. What information does Alice learn from the American refugee in Chapter 24?

9. What does Twice-Killed-Katherine want from Alice in Chapter 19?

10. According to the Spinner in Chapter 26, how can Alice free herself from her story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the various signs the Hinterland gives Alice and Finch. What are these signs, and how do they help guide Alice back home?

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

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel, The Hazel Wood. How does the title reflect the main characters? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes? How does the title’s meaning change over the course of the novel?

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