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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 is Bryn Celyn?

2. How does David know Dr. Rhys?

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

4. Why is Peter so angry with Jen when she decides to stay?

5. Why does Rhian spend the night with Becky?

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 see in his first vision?

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

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

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

7. What does Becky tell Jen about Peter?

8. Why does Peter dislike Borth so much?

9. What does Taliesin do during battles and why?

10. Where does the group take shelter on their second hike with Jen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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