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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 does the narrator notice is wrong with Eddie's hand?

2. What does the third stage of the disease affect?

3. Now that Missy can see Harlequin, what does she tell him to do?

4. What does Missy do next?

5. In 'Justice,' why have the townsfolk condemned a baby to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's attempts to find Scarlet in 'Pages from a Journal...'

2. How does Missy get the better of Harlequin?

3. Is 'In the End' a hopeful story or a sad one?

4. In what ways is 'In The End' a reversal of the creation story in Genesis?

5. Why do you think Eddie Barrow lets himself be eaten in 'Feeders and Eaters'? Does he have a choice?

6. Describe how the disease progresses in Disease Maker's Croup.

7. In 'My Life' is the poet telling the truth about anything he says?

8. Why are the machines interested in the narrator?

9. Are the boys at the party in any danger?

10. Why does Triolet say that she is a poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What exactly happens in the story 'Bitter Grounds' and what does the story mean? Does it have several meanings? Is there a message in the story?

Essay Topic 2

How is fairyland represented in the stories and poems in this collection? What does the author have to say about magic?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of evil and monsters in the poems and stories in this collection. Pay particular attention to the stories 'Keepsakes and Treasures,' 'How Do You Think it Feels?' and 'The Monarch of the Glen." Also, bring in any other stories and poems you like as well. What does the author have to say about evil and human nature? Do you agree with him?

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