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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam Black Crow do when Shadow is accused of murder by Audrey Burton in Chapter 13?
(a) She leaves the bar.
(b) She kisses him.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She tells Burton she is crazy.

2. Which god tosses the spear dedicating the battle to Odin?
(a) Easter.
(b) Anubis.
(c) Anansi.
(d) Loki.

3. What item(s) mysteriously appears in Sam Black Crow's hands in the end of Chapter 20?
(a) A key to Shadow's car.
(b) White roses.
(c) Wednesday's glass eye.
(d) A coin.

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

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

6. Why does Shadow remove part of Chad Mulligan's memory in Chapter 20?
(a) He does not want him to commit suicide.
(b) He fear Milligan will reveal the existence of gods.
(c) He wants Mulligan to remain innocent
(d) He fears Mulligan is growing to powerful in Lakeside.

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

8. How does the town of Lakeside reason that Marguerite Olson's son disappeared?
(a) He ran away in the winter.
(b) He was kidnapped by someone form out of town.
(c) His father took him.
(d) His mother murdered him.

9. How does Laura kill Mr. World in Chapter 18?
(a) She runs him through with a branch.
(b) She poisons him.
(c) She pushes him off the mountain.
(d) She sets him on fire.

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

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

12. In Chapter 12, what does Wednesday call the realm behind the normal world where the gods can be seen in their true form?
(a) Otherworld.
(b) Backstage.
(c) The realm.
(d) True place.

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

14. Which of the following characters does not die at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Laura Moon.
(c) Loki.
(d) Mr. Nancy.

15. With what god does Shadow leave Rock City?
(a) Mr. Nancy.
(b) Czernobog.
(c) Horus.
(d) Easter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What woman visits Shadow on the tree on the second day of the vigil?

2. Why does Atsula die before reaching America with her tribe?

3. What news about Wednesday do Czernobog and Mr. Nancy bring to Shadow in Chapter 13?

4. What does Shadow do on the tree to steel himself at the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. Who is revealed to be Shadow's father in Chapter 16?

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