The Dark Is Rising | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Part One: The Finding; Midwinter's Eve

1. In the opening scene of Part One, what does James proclaim there are too many of?

2. What does Will want more than anything for his birthday?

3. Where are Will and his brother, James, going to get hay to feed the rabbits?

4. What does Will notice is acting strangely toward him as he walks through the woods?

5. What phrase does Mr. Dawson repeat to Will when Will visits him Midwinter's Eve?

6. What does Mr. Dawson give Will when he invites him into the house?

7. Who do James and Will see for a second time when walking through the woods?

8. When James and Will return home from their walk,...
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