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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 wrote Lost in a Good Book?

2. What happens to the person Thursday finds at the coincidental epicenter in Chapter 15?

3. What does Thursday discover is evolving from her appearance on the Adrian Lush Show?

4. Why can't Thursday report for work in Chapter 14?

5. What agent from another department does Thursday meet in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thursday think her hearing at SpecOps is about? What is it really about?

2. What is the Great Library? Who is its librarian?

3. How do Thursday and her father change the events at Marlborough Downs?

4. Who is Spike? What is his role in SpecOps?

5. What is an entroposcope? What prompts Mycroft to give one to Thursday?

6. Who sits next to Thursday on the Deep Drop in Chapter 14? What does she learn from him?

7. What consequence of Thursday's appearance on the Adrian Lush Show does she find out about in Chapter 6? Where is she when she finds out?

8. What coincidental events happen at the end of Chapter 3?

9. Why is Thursday a celebrity at the beginning of the book?

10. Who is Hades? What is his significance to Thursday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an ambiguous ending? Why is it controversial? What specific elements of Lost in a Good Book give it an ambiguous ending?

Essay Topic 2

What is a motif? Identify at least one motif in Lost in a Good Book, explaining how Fforde weaves the motif into the story.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Thursday's job in SpecOps, including its importance in her society.

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