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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter do during the storm that makes Jen mad?
(a) He refuses to help.
(b) He screams in his room.
(c) He goes out into it.
(d) He paces the living room.

2. Why does Rhian spend the night with Becky?
(a) The storm is too strong.
(b) Jen wants to get to know her.
(c) Her father gets sick.
(d) She wants to have a party.

3. What does the key tell Peter is coming?
(a) A plague.
(b) Big changes.
(c) War.
(d) A storm.

4. What happens to Peter while he is confronted about the coracle?
(a) He has a vision.
(b) He hears the key sing.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He faints.

5. Why does Taliesin leave Elphin on the ship?
(a) He knows Elphin is dying.
(b) He has other obligations.
(c) He has to save himself.
(d) He has been sent away.

6. Where is the paraffin heater kept?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The attic.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The entryway.

7. For what instrument was the key used?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A lute.
(c) A harp.
(d) A piano.

8. What awakens the family at night after Peter is late for dinner?
(a) Dripping roofs.
(b) Wind howling.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Fire in the sky.

9. Who is Maelgwn?
(a) Talieson's mentor.
(b) Taliesin's cousin.
(c) Taliesin's son.
(d) Taliesin's enemy.

10. How does Peter feel while Dr. Rhys talks at his dinner party?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Distracted.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Excited.

11. What chore does Jen often forget about?
(a) Dish washing.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Scrubbing the floor.

12. Where did Peter find the golden object?
(a) In the bog.
(b) In his school.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the house.

13. How does Jen feel when she hears about the ancient flood?
(a) Amused.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Bored.
(d) Eerie.

14. What disappoints Jen about her father at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is still crying often.
(b) He has not unpacked.
(c) He is not wearing clean clothes.
(d) He spends little time with his family.

15. Who helps the children during the storm?
(a) Gwilym.
(b) Rhian.
(c) Mrs. Davies.
(d) Hugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children do together while the storm rages?

2. What kind of people does Rhian's father talk about?

3. What does Dr. Rhys talk about at his dinner party?

4. What is the occupation of Jen's father?

5. Whom does Jen want to come with her when she talks to Dr. Rhys?

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