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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, where does Alice encounter Ness's odd rhyme?
(a) In her pocket.
(b) Finch talking in his sleep.
(c) On the bus radio.
(d) In a dream.

2. According to Alice in Chapter 12, why did Ella constantly move from home to home?
(a) Out of fear.
(b) Out of anger.
(c) Out of a need for excitement.
(d) Out of contentment.

3. According to Alice in Chapter 13, what does she remember most about her childhood?
(a) The books she read.
(b) The music she heard.
(c) The movies she watched.
(d) The food she ate.

4. How does Finch appear when Alice regains consciousness in Chapter 13?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Afraid.
(c) War-weary.
(d) Wonderstruck.

5. What does the bookseller in Chapter 12 believe about Alice and Finch?
(a) That they are scammers.
(b) That they are superfans of Althea.
(c) That they are older than they say.
(d) That they are Hinterland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what motel do Alice and Finch stay during Chapter 17?

2. How does Alice view her grandmother in Chapter 3?

3. What does Alice do in Chapter 17 that angers Finch?

4. What does Finch want to do after waking from his nightmare in Chapter 18?

5. Upon entering her apartment in Chapter 6, what is the first thing Alice notices?

Short Essay Questions

1. What odd message does Alice receive in Chapter 12?

2. Who is David, and how does he help Alice in Chapter 11?

3. Whom does Alice call for help in Chapter 13? What information does she learn?

4. Who appears in Alice's cafe one day in Chapter 2? What is he doing, and what does he leave behind?

5. What happened to Alice when she was six, as explained in Chapter 1?

6. What happens when Alice and Finch visit the bookseller in Chapter 12?

7. Who is Ellery Finch? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter 5?

8. What plan do Alice and Finch make in Chapter 15?

9. Who is Twice-Killed Katherine? What does Alice watch her do in Chapter 10?

10. In “The Door That Wasn’t There,” how does Anya escape the other world?

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