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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 does Aethon see the mistress of the inn where he is staying in Thessaly turn into when he watches through a keyhold?
(a) Owl.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Crow.

2. How many weeks did Rex Browning spend inside a solitary box at the prison where Zeno is interred?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 8 days.

3. How much older is Konstance's father than the other children's fathers on the Argos?
(a) 10 years.
(b) About 15 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) At least 2 decades.

4. The first time that Maria loses her sight, how long does it take for her vision to return?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) 90 minutes.

5. When Diogenes found a wooden chest inside a tomb, how many cypress-wood tables did he find upon which were written Aethon's story?
(a) 24.
(b) 13.
(c) 31.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Huddle around the fire in the kitchen shed one February night, how many lines of Homer does Rex scratch onto a board?

2. What does Aethon become after he uses the potions in the room of the mistress of the inn?

3. In what mountains is the woodcutters' village in "Two"?

4. How far is it from the testing ground in Edirne to Constantinople?

5. What are the scuppers at the priory shaped like?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Omeir and the others reach Constantinople, and how does Omeir describe the city?

2. Why does Omeir worry about his Grandfather, mother, and sister surving the winter while he goes to Edirne?

3. When and why do Zeno and his father move to Lakeport, and what is their home like?

4. What does Konstance's father do to save her and why?

5. In Folio H, why do the bandits decide not to throw Aethon the donkey off a cliff?

6. When and how is Zeno captured by the Chinese?

7. On February 20, 2020, what does Seymour have in his backpack?

8. Where does Konstance go when she is seven and three-quarters when she cannot sleep, and what do she and her father do there?

9. What does Diogenes claim about a manuscript he shares with his niece?

10. How careless does Omeir observe that some men are with their oxen?

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