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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Gatlin cemetery that Ethan sees when he opens the door of the house in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) His Garden of Perpetual Peace
(b) Her Lady of the Silver Moon
(c) The Greenbrier Garden of Peace
(d) St. Augustine’s Gardens of Time

2. What color hair is Genevieve described as having in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) Blond
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Red

3. How many husbands does Aunt Prue have living in her home with her in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3

4. Who goes to Ethan’s grave with Lena in Chapter 6: “Silver Button”?
(a) Charlie
(b) Xavier
(c) Sarafine
(d) Link

5. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle: “As in, as hard as I can, every minute of every day” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Love
(b) Help
(c) Try
(d) Work

6. What object does Lena take out in Chapter 6: "Silver Button" that Ethan recalls giving her not long ago on the water tower?
(a) A Bible
(b) A mixed tape
(c) A Sharpie pen
(d) A book of casts

7. What is the name of the door to the Far Keep that Ethan remembers in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) The Palimpset Portal
(b) The Temporis Porta
(c) The Thaumaturge
(d) The Cataclyst Chasm

8. What are the cards called that Amma’s grandmother reads in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) The Cards of the Tarot
(b) The Cards of Chaos
(c) The Cards of Palimpset
(d) The Cards of Providence

9. 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 rive eye stone
(c) A pearl bracelet
(d) A ruby ring

10. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for six down: “As in, parochial. Local. Insular. The place we’re stuck, whether in the Otherworld or the Mortal one” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Malvern
(b) Jackson
(c) Cleveland
(d) Gatlin

11. 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?
(a) Follow the Wayward’s path to the moon
(b) The book is looking over your shoulder
(c) The night that hides things from us
(d) Go quietly into the dark night

12. In the prologue to the book, “Beginning Again,” Lena reveals that Ethan was killed when he jumped off of what?
(a) The Summerville water tower
(b) The Gatlin River bridge
(c) The canoe on the River Styx
(d) The Empire State building

13. What word is used in the novel to describe when the characters are telepathically communicating?
(a) Kelting
(b) Necromancing
(c) Evanescing
(d) Empathing

14. At the newspaper office, Ethan and his mother read in the papers that “the Ladies Auxiliary of Gatlin County is starting a book club called” what, in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) The Read & Giggle
(b) The Read & Babble
(c) The Quiet Read
(d) The Ladies’ Reader

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Amma sprinkled along the windowsills to keep spirits out in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

3. What Celtic symbol adorns Ethan’s mother’s grave in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

4. Whose dentures does Aunt Prue say she hid the day before in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

5. What’s the name of the cat that comes into the kitchen and sees Ethan in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

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