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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. What does Tristran have a strange talent for?

2. What does Tristran say to get the star talking?

3. Who arranges Tertius's death?

4. How does Dunstan feel when Tristran says he is leaving his home?

5. How does Tertius die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Tristran so much when he sees the star?

2. How is Tristran able to get through the gap in the wall when no one is allowed?

3. What happens to Brevis in the marketplace?

4. What happens between the lion and the unicorn?

5. What has Tristran always daydreamed of?

6. How long might it take for Tristran and the star to reach Wall, and why?

7. What is the relationship like between Tristran and Daisy?

8. What does the star do when she sees the unicorn?

9. What question does Dunstan ask the man staying in his cottage, and what is the man's response?

10. How did Charmed and Tristran already have a strange connection when they met in Faerie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence was something that is resorted to a number of times in this book, and yet some characters felt justified in their violent actions. Who are some of these characters, and how did their feeling about violence affect their place in the plot and the characters who were in contact with them?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of manipulation from this book, and how would the plot have been different had these betrayals not have occurred?

Essay Topic 3

How did the mysterious nature of this plot affect the progression, and which characters were most influential in maintaining this veil of mystery that was present in the plot?

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