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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. Who calls Hazel in Chapter 5?

2. What medium is Harry working with in Chapter 17?

3. What does Alastair call Camellia, Hazel's mother?

4. How much time off does Hazel have before she starts her new job at Sotheby's?

5. How many bedrooms are in the flat where Hazel and Flora live in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What piece of paper does Hazel find slipped under the bedroom door in Chapter 16?

2. What does the Aberdeen cottage look like when Bridie drives Hazel and Flora there for the first time?

3. What is the room like that Hazel and Flora are to share at the Aberdeen cottage?

4. Why does Peggy wish Wren would take her hand and why does she know that will never happen?

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

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

7. How did Hazel meet Barnaby?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Secret Book of Flora Lea? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Hazel and Flora are nervous about leaving home and living in Binsey. How do the girls adapt to their new surroundings? Why is it difficult for them to adapt at first?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Henry use more metaphors or similes in The Secret Book of Flora Lea? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the story more interesting?

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