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1. In the beginning of the book, Paul and Sophie are in the waiting room with four other potential employees, all of whom seem much better qualified for the job than Paul or Sophie do. Which of these was not one of the other people waiting to be interviewed?
2. What are Paul and Sophie's full names?
3. The first job Sophie and Paul receive at J.W Wells and Co. is sorting spreadsheets, which later on in the book turn out to be Mortensen Counter readouts. There are Mortensen readouts for every month but one. What month do Mortensen readouts not appear for?
4. The second job that Julie, the woman who supplies Paul and Sophie with their work, gives them is a series of blank photographs. Paul and Sophie are told that they are to look for deposits of a mineral, and Paul finds out that he has the ability to scry for it. What mineral can Paul scry for?
5. On that fateful Friday night when Sophie and Paul get stuck inside the J.W Wells and Co. building (because they failed to leave the building by 5:30, when the doors are locked), Sophie is attacked by a goblin. The goblin turns out to be the mother of one of the partners of the business, but which partner?
6. When Paul finds the Portable Door in the strongroom, and Sophie decides to go to lunch without him, what is the first place Paul visits?
7. When Paul and Sophie's relationship begins to break down, Sophie meets a man called Shaz at a party. His job is a Ceramic Artist, or as Paul likes to call him, a Performance Potter. In the end, Shaz and Sophie break up because they become distant. This turns out to be because Shaz is a goblin. What substance reveals the truth about Shaz to Sophie?
8. One of the assignments Paul and Sophie are given to complete is to slip a love philtre into the drink of a famous celebrity. This is so he will fall in love with a woman who has paid for the company's services. Who is the famous celebrity that falls hopelessly in love?
9. In the book, Paul has a recurring dream where he is stuck in a room with two other clerks, who are both wearing period dress from the Victorian times. It turns out that they were trapped there by Humphrey Wells over 130 years ago, and the only way to get them out of the room was to combines the two halves of the talisman. What are the names of the two clerks stuck in the room?
10. In the end, the two halves of the talisman turn out to be a gold chain and the elusive long stapler. The long stapler has moments where it disappears and then turns up in rather random places. Who IS the long stapler, though?
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