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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 did Dorian tell Mirabel that his name was?

2. 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?

3. Who is Simon named after?

4. When Eleanor goes to get a book for Simon, how long is she gone?

5. What is the only book on the shelf by Sarah Waters when Zachary looks for books by that author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the pirate and the girl in Interlude 2?

2. What does a boy see in "Sweet Sorrows: To deceive the eye"?

3. Where does Dorian take Zachary after they exchange books and what happens there?

4. What does Zachary find when he blows out a candle in a picture frame?

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

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

7. What did the star merchant sell?

8. How many times has Zachary read "Sweet Sorrows" on page 27, and what does he think about the book?

9. What costume does a woman wear that fascinates Zachary?

10. How is the second girl in "Sweet Sorrows: Once very long ago..." different from the first girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Zachary often struggles to decide if what he is experiencing is real. What experiences make Zachary wonder if he is dreaming or making up stories? What prevents him from writing off the fantastical things he experiences as fantasy or hallucination?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is a literary device where the tension is very high in the narrative. What is the climax of the book and why?

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