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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. How does Cosser differ from Mark in his opinion of the countryside?

2. What is the room that was added on to the Belbury estate that now houses the N.I.C.E. headquarters?

3. What reason does the N.I.C.E. give for the riots happening in Edgestow?

4. Who does the N.I.C.E. appoint as their new emergency governor?

5. What is in the center of Bragdon Wood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the N.I.C.E. so interested in buying Bragdon Wood?

2. When Jane meets Lord Feverstone for the first time, how does she feel?

3. What is so unique about Mr. MacPhee?

4. What does the Fairy have Mark do as his first project at Belbury--much to his chagrin?

5. What does Jane see Mr. Frost doing in her recurring dream about him?

6. What does the Fairy tell Mark repeatedly to not bother Mr. Wither about?

7. What is Reverend Straik's warning to Mark about joining the N.I.C.E.?

8. Why does Mrs. Maggs resign from her position as Jane's housekeeper?

9. What does Mr. Wither do to get Mark to take the position at the N.I.C.E. after he turned it down?

10. What do we learn is the real reason that the N.I.C.E. wanted Mark to join them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Jane do to make Merlin so upset? How is she changed after she does this? Is there a way for Jane to make things right? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Wither always seems very distracted to the people he converses with. Why is this? What allows him to remain so distant? How do you think this ability affects his rise in power at the N.I.C.E.?

Essay Topic 3

Why is what happened to Mr. Hingest so important? What kind of warning is this occurrence supposed to send out? Is the message received? Why or why not?

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