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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Rhys offer to lend Peter at his dinner party?

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

3. What is a coracle?

4. What does Peter think is buried beneath the land behind his house?

5. How does Jen feel when she hears about the ancient flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is strange about the place where the group takes shelter on their second hike with Jen?

2. Why is Peter jealous of Jen at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Peter do that causes his family to panic?

4. What does Becky tell Jen about Peter?

5. Why does Peter dislike Borth so much?

6. What does Peter yell at his father about on Christmas Eve?

7. Why does Peter think he is being shown these visions?

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

9. What does Becky pester Jen about during the Christmas preparations?

10. What does Peter do during the storm and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of Peter's visions, and what did they mean?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Nancy Bond have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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