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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. When is a photograph from the Alongquin Hotel Annual Literary Masquerade taken of a woman wearing a necklace that has a bee, a sword, and a key?

2. What number is written on the bottom of Mirabel's drink cup?

3. 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?

4. What color is Mirabel's hair in Book 2?

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

2. What is the process to become a guardian?

3. What is Zachary studying and what degree is he working on?

4. Where are there doors that lead to the Starless Sea?

5. What did the star merchant sell?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Point of view determines how readers view the story and characters in a story. What points of view are used in the novel? How does the author change the point of view in sections? How does changing the point of view affect what readers know about events and 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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