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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 "Fortunes and Fables: The Girl and the Feather," what did a princess do who refused to marry the prince she was meant to marry?

2. On page 4 after a guard replaces the reading guard, when does a girl bring food to the prisoner?

3. What is Mirabel wearing when Zachary finds her in a wine cellar?

4. In Book 2, what type of buttons are on the coat of a young man in a portrait that Zachary sees?

5. In "Fortunes and fables: The Inn at the Edge of the World," how long does a woman wait with an innkeeper for another guest to arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Simon begin going to the Harbor?

2. What happens when Zachary is looking at the books from the Keating donation and leaves to get coffee?

3. Where does Zachary find himself soon after entering the Collector's Club?

4. What does Mirabel think happened to Dorian?

5. In Sweet Sorrows: Once, very long ago...," who is the first guard and what does he do and think?

6. Why does Zachary decide to go to a masquerade at the Algonquin in New York?

7. What did Zachary's mother see and do 14 years ago in New Orleans?

8. What is the path to becoming an acolyte?

9. How do Mirabel and Zachary get Dorian inside the Harbor?

10. How does the small girl communicate how she got to the Harbor and what she was doing at the time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts in a story can be man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self and internal or external. Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts? How do the conflicts affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What insights do readers gain from flashbacks in this novel? How do the flashbacks impact the narrative and develop characters?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Allegra try to destroy doors to the Harbor? What does she now want to happen to the story? How would you describe her motives?

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