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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. Which of the following kinds of berry grow at the Owens residence?

2. Which of the following does Kylie burn in her London lodgings?

3. With which of the following does Part Three, Chapter II begin?

4. Which of the following roles does Hardwick play?

5. In which month does the Owens family make soap?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Durant pack for the Owenses to take as they pursue Kylie?

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

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

4. What reason is given for Sally’s color-blindness?

5. How does Sally’s first husband die?

6. What does Vincent write to Fanny after Jet’s death?

7. How does Vincent’s late beloved answer his question about regretting running away?

8. What is noted as the usual custom for personal Grimoires when their authors die?

9. How does Hardwick respond to Kylie’s appearance at the library following Gideon’s accident?

10. How does the novel note left-hand paths begin (132)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the names of the formal divisions of the novel. What significance accrues to them? How does that significance present itself? What purpose is served by that significance? How is it served?

Essay Topic 2

How does the novel define magic? What in the novel supports the definition? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The most important theme of the novel, love, is clear. What is the second-most-important theme of The Book of Magic. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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