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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 grows at Franny’s grave?

2. To which hospital does Antonia go to deliver her child?

3. Whom of the following calls in sick after a fight with her husband?

4. How old is Ian when he conducts the Owenses to Thornfield?

5. Which of the following woods does Lockland burn as he and Kylie attempt to open The Book of the Raven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Ian have, publicly and privately, for quartering the Owenses in an inn in Thornfield?

2. What herbs and spices does Sally include in her pie crust?

3. How are shades defined in the novel?

4. What does the Owens, who cast the curse on the family, note must be done to lift the curse?

5. What recipe does Margaret give Gillian?

6. What symptoms does Kylie display from Lockland’s curse?

7. What is on the menu at the inn in Thornfield when Lockland’s curse takes hold (313)?

8. How does Vincent attempt to summon the ghost of his late beloved?

9. What ingredients are in Franny’s cure for drunkenness (292)?

10. What tradition is noted for hikers in Thornfield?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For any one character or location, explicate the significance of his, her, or its name.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The narrator comments that “Curses are like knots, the more you struggle to be free, the tighter they become, whether they’re made of rope or spite or desperation [sic]” (4-5). Does the novel bear out the comment? How or how not?

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