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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. Why does Thursday need help in the lobby of SpecOps?

2. What does Thursday do to Kaylieu when she boards the Skyrail in Chapter 4a?

3. How does Thursday change the events in Chapter 5?

4. What are the names of the men in the car following Thursday?

5. When should Thursday contact the two men who are following her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the black Pontiac from Chapter 3.

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

3. What warning does Granny Next give Thursday about Landon's eradication?

4. Who is driving the Skyrail Thursday boards in Chapter 4? What is significant about him?

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

6. Why does Thursday's interview with Adrian Lush not go well?

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

8. How does Thursday change events on the Skyrail in Chapter 4a?

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

10. Who does Thursday dream about in Chapter 12? What do these two have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is irony? How is it used in literature? How does Fforde use irony in Lost in a Good Book?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the plot elements of Lost in a Good Book that seem unrelated at first come together by the end of the book.

Essay Topic 3

Define point of view, and explain its importance in a story. What point of view is Lost in a Good Book?

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