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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 tourist attraction do Jet and Rafael see together?

2. What police office arrests Ian Wright?

3. With which of the following does Part Two, Chapter I begin?

4. With which of the following does Part Three, Chapter III begin?

5. To which of the following does Lockland take Kylie for their first meal together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Franny consider questioning Ian Wright before he is fully recovered from his malediction?

2. What do Jet and Rafael eat for their last dessert together?

3. How does Sally’s first husband die?

4. What does Ian note as the intended effects of the malediction used against him?

5. What is the origin of the Owens Library in the novel?

6. What is called the “greatest treasure” of the Owens Library (103)?

7. What does Ward ask Vincent to do as the latter leaves the Invisible Library?

8. What are Vincent’s reasons for having fled from the Owens family in his youth?

9. How does Vincent mourn his lost beloved?

10. Why do the Owenses draw straws to see who will approach Wright?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than fantasy fiction might the novel belong? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The antagonist of the novel is clear. Who, however, is the principal protagonist of the novel? How does the novel demonstrate as much?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that The Book of Magic should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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