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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. What kind of dogs does Aunt Prue have running around her ankles in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Chihuahuas
(b) Pomeranians
(c) Yorkshire terriers
(d) Boston terriers

2. Ethan says that after his mother’s death, Marian told him about a Buddhist class she took where in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) Louisiana State University
(b) Loyola University
(c) Duke University
(d) Boston University

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

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) Inferno
(c) Romeo and Juliet
(d) The Divine Comedy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the aunt that Amma says Ethan is with in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?

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

3. What does Ethan smell in Amma’s kitchen when he enters Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

4. In Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’,” Aunt Prue tells Ethan, “you can’t make preserves until you learn how to” what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ethan obtain from the Greats when he visits them in the Otherworld in Chapter 13: "Where the Crow Carries You"?

2. How does Ethan go about communicating with Lena in Chapter 12: "Still Here"?

3. What does Obidias tell Ethan he will need in order to get to The Caster Chronicles?

4. To what character does Ethan turn to for help in his quest after leaving his mother’s home in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"? Where does this character live?

5. How are Katherine Cooper and Samuel Sewell described in Chapter 13: "Where the Crow Carries You"?

6. How is the River Master described in Chapter 15: "The River Master"? What is he doing when Ethan arrives?

7. What are Twyla and Sulla doing when Ethan encounters them in Chapter 13: "Where the Crow Carries You"? Who are these characters?

8. How does Ethan's mother feel about her son's journey in Chapter 14: "Messed-Up Things"?

9. What information is related in the Prologue: “Beginning Again? What tone is established in this opening?

10. How does Ethan respond when he learns that Obidias wrote his page in The Caster Chronicles?

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