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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 happens to Thursday at the end of Chapter 19?

2. In what work of fiction is Thursday's trial for the fiction infraction?

3. How does Thursday jump out of the Goliath facility?

4. What was the most popular color for houses when Thursday was a house-painter?

5. What ordinary item do Miss Havisham and Thursday use on their assignment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Thursday tell about her rescue? What does she learn about it?

2. What does Cordelia tell Thursday at the beginning of Chapter 31? Why is Cordelia at Thursday's apartment?

3. What does the analysis of the pink slime reveal in Chapter 20?

4. How does Thursday's performance review go?

5. How was Landen eradicated?

6. What does Volescamper tell Thursday about his Cardenio? Why is this significant?

7. How does Thursday talk to Landen in Chapter 27? What do they talk about?

8. What is Thursday's first assignment?

9. Who is Miss Havisham battling at the book sale? For what?

10. What do Thursday and Bowden discuss after Thursday's performance review? What advice does he give her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Define willing suspension of disbelief, using events from Lost in a Good Book to explain it.

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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