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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. In Chapter 8, why does a policeman come to Hazel's flat?

2. When Hazel and Flora arrive at the Aberdeen's cottage, how long is it until dinner?

3. Where does Barnaby have a scar?

4. In Chapter 3, what type of walls surround the back garden where Hazel and Flora live?

5. How old is Peggy Andrews who wrote the book about Whisperwood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peggy tell Hazel when she calls about the story?

2. What does Linda tell Peggy about how Whisperwood came to be?

3. Where does Hazel live and what is it like?

4. What land does Hazel create for Flora in her stories?

5. Why does Hazel tell her sister stories in Chapter 3?

6. What jobs does Wren have to choose from and why does he have a month to decide?

7. What did Hazel's father used to read to her, and what did her mother do with the book?

8. How did Hazel's father die?

9. What does Bridie tell Hazel about Harry's father?

10. Where will Hazel be working after she leaves Hogan's Rare Book Shoppe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past in The Secret Book of Flora Lea?

Essay Topic 2

Hazel does not seem to be able to move on from Flora's death. Her mother grieves for Flora, but she has made a new life for herself. How does the way the two women deal with grief convey about grief and how grieving is an individual process?

Essay Topic 3

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does Henry use cliffhangers in The Secret Book of Flora Lea? How do the cliffhangers create suspense?

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