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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Celtic symbol adorns Ethan’s mother’s grave in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Oden
(b) Awen
(c) Phoenix
(d) Pan

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

3. What kind of car is Ethan’s father driving when he arrives home in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) A Jeep
(b) A Volvo
(c) A Ford
(d) A Chrysler

4. In what book does Ethan describe a sock sticking out as a bookmark in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) Excalibur
(b) The Lord of the Rings
(c) Don Juan
(d) The Divine Comedy

5. In Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes,” Ethan’s mother says that Amma has told Ethan’s father that he is where with his aunt?
(a) New Orleans
(b) New York
(c) Jackson
(d) Savannah

6. 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

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

8. What does Ethan smell in Amma’s kitchen when he enters Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Beef pot roast
(b) Chicken and dumplings
(c) Barbeque pork
(d) Roast chicken

9. What is the name of the newspaper Ethan’s mom says she repeatedly tried to get him to write for in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) The Malvern Daily Record
(b) The Jackson Stonewaller
(c) The Jonesboro Sentinel
(d) The Fayetteville Times

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

11. What word is written on the sheet of notebook paper that Lena leaves on Ethan’s grave in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) Love
(b) Try
(c) Redemption
(d) Truth

12. 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) Jackson
(b) Gatlin
(c) Cleveland
(d) Malvern

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

14. 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) St. Augustine’s Gardens of Time
(c) Her Lady of the Silver Moon
(d) The Greenbrier Garden of Peace

15. What has Amma sprinkled along the windowsills to keep spirits out in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Ashes
(b) Baking soda
(c) Salt
(d) Pepper

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to Ethan’s grave with Lena in Chapter 6: “Silver Button”?

2. Where does Aunt Prue tell Ethan his body was buried in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

3. How many husbands does Aunt Prue have living in her home with her in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

4. 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"?

5. What book does Ethan describe reading that is about a man who voyages into the nine circles of Hell in Chapter 1: "Home"?

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