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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. At the public hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In,” Macon threatens to bring what corporate store to town if Lena is expelled?
(a) K-Mart.
(b) Wal-Mart.
(c) Costco.
(d) Target.

2. Lena learns in “Family Reunion” that if she chooses to be a Light Caster at her Claiming, what will happen?
(a) All of her family members will die.
(b) All the Light Casters in her family will die.
(c) All the Dark Casters in her family will die
(d) Ethan will die.

3. By what name is the Caster Library called in the novel?
(a) The Libri Maze.
(b) The Caster Libri.
(c) The Scribere Libere.
(d) The Lunae Libri.

4. What book have Ethan and Lena been going through to find a solution for Lena in “Promise”?
(a) The Book of Moons.
(b) The Book of Songs.
(c) The Book of Ruins.
(d) The Book of Suns.

5. Who is with Macon waiting in the Caster Library when Ethan, Lena, and Marian return in “Domus Lunae Libri”?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Amma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character in “Sweet Sixteen” is said to shift “idly between shapes, like a dealer shuffling a deck of cards”?

2. The chapter entitled “Promise” is set on what date?

3. Macon tells Ethan in “The Sandman or Something Like Him” that he replenishes himself by taking what from mortals?

4. On what date is “When the Saints Go Marching In” set?

5. Whose eyes do Lena and the others look through to see the book dropping into the grave in “Grave Digging”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message do Ethan and Lena find in a book from Ethan’s father’s study in “White Christmas”? How do they decipher this message?

2. How is the atmosphere of the school described in the beginning of “White Christmas”?

3. Describe the denouement of the novel. Does the story end happily?

4. What realization does Ethan have regarding the people of Gatlin in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

5. What assertions does Macon make in response to the previous testimony at the hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

6. What are Ethan and Lena doing in the beginning of “The Sandman or Something Like Him”?

7. What do Ethan and Lena discuss when she finally lets him into her room in “Sweet Sixteen”?

8. How is the birthday party described in “Sweet Sixteen”? Who performs at the party?

9. What does Lena discover about the choice she has to make in her Claiming in “Family Reunion”?

10. What is Ridley’s response when Ethan asks her why she’s doing what she’s doing in “Lollipop Girl”?

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