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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 is not discussed during Christmas breakfast?
(a) Their mother.
(b) The church service.
(c) The fight from the night before.
(d) The storm.

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

3. Why doesn't Jen live with her family at the beginning of the book?
(a) Her mother died.
(b) Her father moved.
(c) She was finishing school.
(d) All of these.

4. How does Peter realize what his key is for?
(a) He sees a harpist at the concert use it.
(b) Dr. Rhys tells him.
(c) Taliesin uses it in a vision.
(d) He sees a picture of it.

5. Why does Taliesin fight on the front lines?
(a) He feels guilty about Elphin.
(b) He is a bard.
(c) He is paid extra.
(d) He is a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the children during the storm?

2. What awakens the family at night after Peter is late for dinner?

3. What does Jen confront Becky about after Peter is late for dinner?

4. Why do the children wake up so early on the day after Christmas?

5. What strange items do the children see in the river the day after Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Evans say that makes Jen uncomfortable?

2. What does Jen say about the person that Peter thinks is Taliesin?

3. What does Taliesin do during battles and why?

4. What does Peter think about during the carol concert?

5. What changes for Jen when she chooses to stay in Wales?

6. What does Jen say when she hears about Peter's visions?

7. What does the blind man tell Taliesin when he tells of Elphin on the ship?

8. What causes Peter to fall behind in school?

9. What does Peter realize at the concert with Dr. Rhys?

10. Why does Jen want to take Becky to see Dr. Rhys?

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