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Questions 1-5 of 25:

What is the term used to rally the hounds on the full chase? (from Part Three: The Testing; The Hunt Rides and The Joining of the Signs)

Signaling.

Horning.

Menee.

Avaunt.

According to George, the big oak in Great Park is called what? (from Part Three: The Testing; The Hunt Rides and The Joining of the Signs)

Great Oak.

Herne's Oak.

Bright Oak.

Rippling Oak.

According to Maggie Barnes, who are kinder masters than the Light? (from Part Two: The Learning; Betrayal)

The humans.

The Rider and Maggie.

The Dark and the Rider.

The Dark and the Walker.

Which character proclaims that the burden is "so heavy...And I've been carrying it for so long"? (from Part One: The Finding; The Walker on the Old Way)

The Lady.

The Walker.

The Rider.

Merriman.

What does the book of Gramayre send Will swimming through? (from Part Two: The Learning; Betrayal)

Dolphins.

Sharks.

Whales.

Deadly sharp coral.

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