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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news about herself does Laura tell Shadow in Chapter 15?
(a) She lost her job.
(b) She cheated on him with several other men.
(c) She has to return to her grave.
(d) She never loved him.

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

3. Why is Mr. Town unable to deliver the branch to Mr. World in this chapter?
(a) He cannot find Rock City.
(b) Laura kills him.
(c) The branch is stolen by Easter.
(d) The battle has already begun.

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

5. From what period is the Lakeside book of minutes that Shadow purchases in Chapter 11?
(a) 1930's.
(b) Early 1800's.
(c) Late 1800's.
(d) Mid 1800's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Wednesday's body collected in Kansas?

2. What does Sam Black Crow do when Shadow is accused of murder by Audrey Burton in Chapter 13?

3. What item(s) mysteriously appears in Sam Black Crow's hands in the end of Chapter 20?

4. What animal begins following Shadow in Chapter 12?

5. Whose death does Wednesday admit to orchestrating in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the war begin in Chapter 12?

2. Describe Shadow's interaction with Zorya Polunochnyaya in Chapter 16?

3. How does Shadow's journey in Chapter 16 end?

4. What is backstage?

5. What is the nature of Wednesday's vigil?

6. Why have children been disappearing for years in Lakewood?

7. What transformation does Laura Moon undergo in Chapter 17?

8. How does Shadow Moon interact with the camp of the new gods in Chapter 14?

9. What connection forms between Wututu and Agasu when they are taken to America?

10. What divine message does Shadow recall in Chapter 19?

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