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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 does Ellie suggest Will do to communicate his desires to his father?
(a) Show his father some of his photographs.
(b) Show his father why Will is interested in past civilizations.
(c) Write a letter to his father.
(d) Ask his stepmom for support and to talk with his father.

2. What does Ellie not believe of what Mr. Morton tells her?
(a) Darkness has killed Arthur's every incarnation.
(b) Arthur's only purpose is to kill Mordred once and for all.
(c) Arthur must fulfill his destiny, or he will become evil.
(d) Forces of darkness are stronger than those of light.

3. What does Marco say about his life before his mother married Will's father?
(a) They were very poor.
(b) They were wealthy.
(c) They rarely talked.
(d) They were closer.

4. What does Ellie discover when she starts to get out of the pool later that afternoon?
(a) Lance is standing there.
(b) She is crying.
(c) Will is standing there.
(d) Jennifer and Lance are standing there.

5. Who is Prydwyn?
(a) King Arthur's ship.
(b) King Arthur's adviser.
(c) King Arthur's sister.
(d) King Arthur's favorite hound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is accompanying Mr. Morton when he comes into the school?

2. What does Ellie encounter when she arrives at Mr. Morton's apartment?

3. Where do the police take Ellie?

4. What does Ellie tell Mr. Morton about the situation on the sailboat?

5. Mr. Morton says Marco is ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellie face when she arrives at Mr. Morton's apartment? What does she do

2. Why is Mr. Morton annoyed with Lance on Monday morning? How does Jennifer defend Lance to Mr. Morton?

3. How does Ellie feel about what Mr. Morton is doing and what he told her?

4. What happens in the aftermath of the revelation about Lance and Jennifer's relationship?

5. Why does Will have to dive into the water? What is Jennifer's response?

6. What does Ellie say about Mr. Morton's abandoning his job and about the order?

7. What do Will and Ellie say to each other about Lance and Jennifer?

8. What does Ellie realize about the story about Arthur's birth and the gossip about Will's family?

9. What does Mrs. Wagner say when she calls Ellie that gets Ellie worried?

10. What does Ellie decide to take with her to the ravine? How does the Darkness seem to react to her doing so?

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