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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. Ink made from which of the following is found in the Owens Grimoire?

2. With which of the following does Part Four, Chapter I begin?

3. What bird do Lockland and Kylie hear as they head toward Lockland’s ancestral estate?

4. What is the name of the drink Gillian invents?

5. With which of the following does Part Five, Chapter III begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What recipe does Margaret give Gillian?

2. Why are the more distant Owens relations disappointed in Ian?

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

4. What does Lockland claim is the purpose of magic (257)?

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

6. Whence comes the town library in Thornfield?

7. What tradition is noted for hikers in Thornfield?

8. How does The Book of the Raven note a curse must be broken?

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

10. What reasons are given for Ariel’s choice of scent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

As a book in a series, The Book of Magic necessarily relies on earlier information to make itself make sense. What information is missing from the present novel that would clarify it? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

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

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