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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Ethan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ethan take from Aunt Prue’s hands before leaving her house as she sleeps in Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’”?
(a) A book
(b) A key
(c) A map
(d) A ring

2. Who is waiting for Ethan and his mother when they return to the land of the dead in Chapter 10: "Snake Eyes"?
(a) Ryan
(b) Aunt Prue
(c) Aunt Del
(d) The Lilum

3. Aunt Prue says she gave Lena what object so that she could stay in contact with her in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) A rose necklace
(b) A pearl bracelet
(c) A ruby ring
(d) A rive eye stone

4. What book does Ethan describe reading that is about a man who voyages into the nine circles of Hell in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) Poetics
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) The Divine Comedy
(d) Inferno

5. What is Ethan’s mother’s name in the novel?
(a) Lila Evers Wate
(b) Mercy Wate
(c) Sarafine Wate
(d) Ridley Wate

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is Genevieve described as having in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

2. What word is written on the sheet of notebook paper that Lena leaves on Ethan’s grave in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

3. In the prologue to the book, “Beginning Again,” Lena reveals that Ethan was killed when he jumped off of what?

4. What do the words “la note che le cose ci nasconde” that Ethan’s mother recites in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next" translate to?

5. What book by Jack Kerouac does Ethan pull from the pile of books under his bed in Chapter 1: "Home"?

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