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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 Thursday do to the book Jane Eyre in her previous case?

2. What company do the three men who talk to Thursday at the picnic work for?

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

4. According to Chapter 14, what is the outcome of Thursday's Skyrail case?

5. What does the driver want?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 suspense, giving at least two examples of suspense in Lost in a Good Book to illustrate your definition.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Define pacing. Explain how the pacing of Lost in a Good Book changes in relation to the events in the story.

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