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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 the room remind Bailey of where Isobel tells fortunes?

2. What color is the fire on opening night when the tenth arrow is shot from the bow?

3. How old is Bailey when his grandmother suggests he think about attending Harvard?

4. In "Associates and Conspirators," what time does Chandresh serve the first course of his dinners?

5. What color is the decor in Chandresh's dining room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caroline dare her younger brother, Bailey, to do one day when they are climbing an oak tree?

2. How does the boy the grey man chooses grow up?

3. Why did Mr. Barris leave London?

4. How does Marco meet Isobel?

5. What is the clock like that Herr Thiessen creates?

6. How does Herr Thiessen learn where the circus will be in "Reveurs"?

7. In "Target Practice," why is Chandresh throwing a knife at a dartboard?

8. What does the announcement in the paper say about Hector Bowen's death and funeral services?

9. What is Tara's funeral like?

10. What are dinners like at Chandresh's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lainie has tea with three different people in "Three Cups of Tea with Lainie Burgess." Why does Lainie visit each person and what does she hope to learn from her visits?

Essay Topic 2

Celia finally reveals her identity to Herr Thiessen in"Movement." Why does Celia reveal her identity and how does that affect their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Fans of the circus rose up and became a loosely organized group. How did the group get started and why was the group so important to the reveurs?

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