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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 Althea in Chapter 23, what would happen if Alice spilled her blood in the woods?

2. What type of job does Alice get in Chapter 31?

3. The American refugee in Chapter 24 warns Alice against doing what?

4. What reward would Finch get for delivering Alice to the Hinterland?

5. What does Alice's mother do upon first laying eyes upon her in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what does Alice experience inside the Hazel Wood?

2. Where does Alice find herself in Chapter 20? What instructions is she given?

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

4. What happens to Alice at the end of Chapter 28?

5. How does Alice finally escape her story in Chapter 29? Who helps save her?

6. How does Alice use the comb in Chapter 21?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the many people integral to Alice’s travels in the Hinterland: Janet, Finch, the red-haired man, and the Spinner. How is each essential to her navigating the story world? What lesson does she learn from each?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how fictional objects and creatures have powerful effects in the real world. How does the fictional world affect the real one?

Essay Topic 3

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

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