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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. Why does Mad Sweeney want his coin back in Chapter 8?
(a) His soul is trapped in the coin.
(b) It was the wrong coin to give Shadow.
(c) Shadow is not worthy of it.
(d) He is broke.

2. How does Shadow get the secret of Mad Sweeney's coin trick?
(a) He fights him for it.
(b) He bets him in a drawing of cards.
(c) He pays him for it.
(d) He plies him with booze.

3. Who is discovered dead near the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Mad Sweeney.
(b) Ibis.
(c) Laura Moon.
(d) Wednesday.

4. In Shadow Moon's Chapter 3 dream, what is the celestial room filled with?
(a) Tables and chairs.
(b) Frescoes and mosaics.
(c) Carvings and statues.
(d) Paintings and busts.

5. What other supernatural figure is at the House of the Rock besides Wednesday and Mr. Nancy?
(a) Laura Moon.
(b) Zorya Polunochnyaya.
(c) The fat kid.
(d) Czernobog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Shadow toss into Laura's grave at the end of the chapter?

2. What does Mr. Wednesday twice offer Shadow Moon in Chapter 1?

3. What does Richie Hinzelmann do for a living?

4. What is Chad Mulligan's profession?

5. Which constellation is Zorya Polunochnyaya looking at when Shadow joins her on the fire escape in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Shadow and Wednesday meet in Chicago?

2. Describe Shadow's dream in Chapter 8.

3. How is does Laura Moon find her way to Shadow's hotel in Chapter 3?

4. How were the dead judged in ancient Egypt?

5. How does Shadow discover that he needs to go to Cairo in Chapter 7?

6. How does Essie Tregowen make her way to America in Chapter 4?

7. How does Wednesday explain to Shadow what happened at the restaurant after the summit at Odin's Hall?

8. What service does the jinn perform for Salim in Chapter 7?

9. What is the Lakeside raffle?

10. What offer do Ibis and Jacquel make to Shadow in Chapter 8?

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