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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. How was Welsh history passed down?

2. Why was Welsh history passed down the way it was?

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

4. What does Jen say when she is first asked to stay in Wales?

5. Why is Peter confronted about the coracle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Taliesin promise the king before the war?

3. What does Becky tell Jen about Peter?

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

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

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

7. What does Taliesin do during battles and why?

8. How does David get a hold of Rhian's family during the storm?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Honor was something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story? Where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Rhian presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around her?

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