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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Laura certain of as she sits next to the dead Shadow in Chapter 17?
(a) He is in heaven.
(b) He never loved her.
(c) He has forgiven her.
(d) He is not really dead.

2. Before leaving Mr. Nancy, Shadow remembers that Ganesha told him to do what?
(a) Burn an offering to him.
(b) Bury the sacred branch.
(c) Meet with Czernobog.
(d) Check a trunk.

3. Which two paths does Zorya Polunochnyaya tell Shadow to choose between in Chapter 16?
(a) Sunlight and starlight.
(b) Day past and days to come.
(c) Righteousness and iniquity.
(d) Easy lies and hard truths.

4. What news does Marguerite Olson bring to Shadow when he returns to Lakeside in Chapter 12?
(a) Chad Mulligan has left town.
(b) Alison has not been found.
(c) Shadow won the raffle.
(d) Hinzelmann is dead.

5. What does Wednesday request for his afterlife at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Hell.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) More life.
(d) Heaven.

6. Whose death does Wednesday admit to orchestrating in Chapter 18?
(a) Mr. Town's.
(b) Laura's.
(c) Alison's.
(d) Bilquis'.

7. What merciful occurrence happens at the end of the first day of Shadow's vigil?
(a) Zorya Polunochnyaya brings him food.
(b) Wednesday returns to life early.
(c) His binding falls away.
(d) It rains.

8. Where does Shadow drive Mr. Nancy at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) New York.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

9. According to Shadow, which god was not around when he left the cave?
(a) Horus.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Ibis.
(d) Czernobog.

10. In Chapter 15, which Egyptian god tells Shadow that the battle of the gods is about to begin?
(a) Isis.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Horus.
(d) Anubis.

11. In Chapter 19, what do Mr. Nancy and Shadow do at the bar besides drink?
(a) Play darts.
(b) Sing karaoke.
(c) Talk to girls.
(d) Shoot pool.

12. Who kills Hinzlemann?
(a) Czernobog.
(b) Shadow Moon.
(c) Marguerite Olson.
(d) Chad Mulligan.

13. What state does Whiskey Jack tell Shadow to visit if he wants to find Thunderbirds?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Alaska.
(d) South Carolina.

14. How does Hinzelmann say he became a god?
(a) He was born a god.
(b) He communed with a female god.
(c) He was sacrificed as a child.
(d) The blood of children makes him a god.

15. What is Mr. Town sent to collect in Virginia in Chapter 17?
(a) The water of time.
(b) Shadow's body.
(c) Laura Moon.
(d) A branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba, at the end of Chapter 12?

2. What bad news about herself does Laura tell Shadow in Chapter 15?

3. Which god tosses the spear dedicating the battle to Odin?

4. What animal begins following Shadow in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Wednesday call the realm behind the normal world where the gods can be seen in their true form?

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