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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 does Clara hear at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. What does Clara learn that she and the others ate for supper in Chapter 19?

3. In Chapter 18, what do both Jasper and O'Neill have that protects them from mermaid enchantment?

4. In Chapter 18, what message does Maren ask Clara to tell O'Neill?

5. What chore does Dr. Phipps give Clara at the end of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens near the end of Chapter 22?

2. In Chapter 22, what does Osbert bring Clara?

3. In Chapter 21 when Clara cannot learn to juggle, what do Jasper and O'Neill suggest she do for an act?

4. How does Soraya have Clara dress and why on the second night of the show in Chapter 20?

5. In Chapter 18 what does Clara bring Maren and why?

6. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 15?

7. In Chapter 19, how does Dr. Phipps describe the Gallery of Wonders and what it costs to enter?

8. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Clara look for in Soraya's herb cupboard and what is missing that she needs?

9. What does Clara think of at the end of Chapter 16, to try to stop worrying?

10. How does Dr. Phipps threaten Clara at the end of Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faith is a theme in the novel. What role does faith play in the story? What do characters have faith in? Which character has the strongest faith? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Family is an important theme in the novel. How do Auntie and Scarff create a family? How is the family they create more of a traditional family than the Phipps family? Why are actions more important than blood when it comes to being a family?

Essay Topic 3

Maren, Clara, and O’Neill are adopted, and they struggle to learn about themselves and who they are. What are Maren, Clara, and O’Neill’s true identities? How do Maren, Clara, and O’Neill find their true identities?

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