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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the hiding place that Ethan hid the spell book in “Sweet Sixteen”?
(a) The back of the attic.
(b) Under his pillow.
(c) The top of his closet.
(d) Under his bed.

2. Ethan learns that his father is on the balcony where in his pajamas in “Lollipop Girl”?
(a) Grand Central Terminal.
(b) The Fallen Soldiers.
(c) The Rex Club.
(d) The Union Soldiers.

3. What does the book do to Ethan every time he touches it in “Grave Digging”?
(a) It makes him travel to the past.
(b) It singes his hands.
(c) It makes him start singing.
(d) It makes him travel to the future.

4. What is the name of Lena’s grandmother, whom she calls “Gramma”?
(a) Prudence Duchannes.
(b) Emmaline Duchannes.
(c) Dorothy Duchannes.
(d) Sarafine Duchannes.

5. Macon tells the townspeople at the public hearing that if Lena must be home-schooled, he will have to invite whom to live with him?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her cousins.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

6. On what date does the author open “Waist Deep”?
(a) October 12.
(b) December 8.
(c) December 6.
(d) February 11.

7. At the public hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In,” Mrs. Lincoln claims that Lena was where prior to her arrival at Gatlin?
(a) In prison.
(b) In an institution.
(c) In juvenile hall.
(d) In an orphanage.

8. On what date does “Melting” take place?
(a) December 7.
(b) December 13.
(c) January 1.
(d) December 1.

9. At the Winter Formal, one of the characters creates a disaster by turning the fake snow into a watery mess, which then does what?
(a) Causes the rats to come running from the walls.
(b) Stains Lena's dress.
(c) Floods the entire school under ten feet of water.
(d) Sets off electrical problems.

10. What is the message that Lena and Ethan decipher from the page numbers in the book in Ethan’s father’s study in “White Christmas”?
(a) “Claim yourself.”
(b) “Enter the light.”
(c) "Stay Calm."
(d) "Be dark."

11. In “Silver Lining,” the narrator says, “I looked at my cell. It was broken. The time still read” what?
(a) 12:00.
(b) 12:01.
(c) 11:59.
(d) 9:00.

12. Whose words is Lena reciting when she says “not with a bang but a whimper” in “Sweet Sixteen”?
(a) Peter James's.
(b) T. S. Eliot’s.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe's.
(d) Walt Whitman’s.

13. The narrator says in “Silver Lining” that the last thing Ethan remembers, he was holding what object?
(a) A locket.
(b) A book of spells.
(c) A cloth doll.
(d) An angel statue.

14. What Latin phrase does Ethan find in the book in “The Battle of Honey Hill” that means “Seek and you shall find”?
(a) “Semper fidelis.”
(b) “Pete et invenies.”
(c) “Intuit et portens.”
(d) “Scribet et ribet.”

15. Marian reveals in “Domus Lunae Libri” that what book has been missing for many years?
(a) The Book of Ruins.
(b) The Book of Psalms.
(c) The Book of Sunds.
(d) The Book of Moons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lena learns in “Family Reunion” that if she chooses to be a Light Caster at her Claiming, what will happen?

2. Who heads back from Ravenwood with Ethan to help Lena in “The Claiming”?

3. Who has been inhabiting Mrs. Lincoln’s body throughout the narrative, as revealed in “Family Reunion”?

4. Ethan says in “The Sandman or Something Like Him” that it is how long until Lena’s birthday?

5. Who speaks at the public hearing to say that the window Lena broke in school almost “cut my baby to shreds” in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

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