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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. What does Mark realize will happen to him if he does not comply with all Mr. Wither's demands?
(a) They will kill him.
(b) He will never be promoted.
(c) They will fire him.
(d) They will not allow him to be part of an exclusive group.

2. What did Frost say Mark's murder charge was?
(a) A reason for deep misgivings.
(b) A misunderstanding.
(c) Part of his initiation into the inner circle.
(d) Something Frost would like to thank him for.

3. Why is Wither always so distracted?
(a) He has trained his body to complete tasks of the day without mental attention.
(b) He hears the voices of the Eldils constantly.
(c) His intelligence is far beyond most people's and he is easily bored.
(d) He is a double agent with Belbury and St. Anne's.

4. Why must Ransom go to find Merlin?
(a) He is sworn to protect Jane.
(b) He knows how to fight Merlin.
(c) He knows the language of the eldils.
(d) He has met Merlin before.

5. Why does Mark decide to pretend to progress in his new lessons at the N.I.C.E. after he decides to find a way to leave the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He is starting to see the logic behind Mr. Frost's motives.
(b) He knows he will be killed if he does not.
(c) He has been brainwashed.
(d) He wants to try and become the leader so that he can make changes from the top.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Merlin not believe Ransom was the leader of St. Anne's at first?

2. What does Merlin think Ransom and his followers should do to Jane?

3. What does Mark do when he sees Wither standing at the clearing in the wood the second time?

4. What was MacPhee doing while Ransom was answering Merlin's riddles?

5. Who is the bearded man on the stone table that Jane sees in her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jane prohibited from being part of the important meeting at St. Anne's?

2. Why does Merlin feel so much animosity towards Jane?

3. According to the macrobes, what is the true fate of human kind?

4. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find at the campsite in Bragdon Wood?

5. What kind of tests does Merlin give to Mr. Ransom to make sure he is the real leader at St. Anne's?

6. What happens to Mark when he sees the remains of the prisoner Alcasar?

7. What is so significant about Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither fighting about Jane?

8. How is the Head able to speak?

9. What happens when Mark punches Wither in the face?

10. What is left of the N.I.C.E. at the end of the banquet?

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