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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 tips Thursday off to the entropy level in Chapter 15?

2. In what city is Lost in a Good Book set?

3. What is the driver's name?

4. Who wrote Lost in a Good Book?

5. What title is Thursday called to investigate at the end of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Verse Meter Analysis reveal about Cardenio in Chapter 4a? Why is this significant?

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

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

6. How does the hostage situation on the Skyrail play out?

7. What happens when Thursday and Landon are on a picnic together in Chapter 7?

8. What happens when Thursday goes home in Chapter 9?

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

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

Explain the role the Goliath Corporation plays in the story, focusing on their role in the Literary Detectives.

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 story arc, and identify the events in Lost in a Good Book for each element of a story arc.

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