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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 practice doing before seeing the star in the inn?

2. How do Tristran and the star eat as they travel towards Wall?

3. What kind of animal delivers a message to Tristran?

4. What kind of star is she?

5. Why does the man in the carriage decide to take Tristran as a passenger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the star so angry after being rescued by Tristran?

2. What does the innkeeper do when the star approaches the inn?

3. What allows the slave girl to be set free?

4. In what condition does the witch want the star's heart, and why?

5. What does Tristran do when he sees a colorful bird in a bush?

6. How is Septimus killed?

7. What does Morwanneg ask Semele when they meet at Diggory's Dyke, and how does she respond?

8. What do Tristran and Yvaine realize when Tristran returns from Wall?

9. What does Tristran do when the Lilim approaches him with the knives, and why?

10. What happens when Tristran asks the woman with the bird for a ride to Wall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Tristran and Yvaine's relationship change over the course of this book, and what were the major causes of these changes?

Essay Topic 2

What are the three things the tree told Tristran, and how did this change his mission and motivations?

Essay Topic 3

What was the unicorn's role in this book, and how did his presence alter Tristran's life?

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