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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 does Bowden think is Thursday's boyfriend?

2. What is the cause of Thursday's landlord wanting rent in advance?

3. Who do the two men in the car following Thursday work for?

4. What is Thursday charged with, according to the man sitting next to her on the Gravitube?

5. What tips Thursday off to the entropy level in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Thursday's father tells her about in Chapter 5 when they are at Marlborough Downs.

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

3. Who are agents Walken and Dedmen? Why do they approach Thursday in Chapter 8?

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

5. What happens when Thursday gets to Mrs. Nakajima's apartment? How does she escape?

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

7. What does Thursday decide to do in Chapter 10? What does she learn from Bowden?

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

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

10. Who is Cordelia Flakk? What does she want from Thursday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Define puns, and explain their role in literature. Include some examples from Lost in a Good Book.

Essay Topic 3

What is a literary allusion? How does Fforde use allusion in Lost in a Good Book? Is it effective?

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