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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Doc analyzing in his lab?

2. What color is the hair of the first man Gemma talks to in the saloon?

3. How does Ty trap an outlaw?

4. What is the task of Ty's settlement?

5. How does Ty know Hewitt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ty jokingly say is Zoe's Dark Gift?

2. What do Eel and Pretty want to know from Ty?

3. What happens after Gemma explains to Ty why she is looking for her brother?

4. What advice does Jibby give Ty and Gemma?

5. What does Gemma do when she hears about the attack on Hewitt's family?

6. How does Ty respond to Gemma's demands, and how does she feel about this?

7. How does Gemma say her brother helped her feel good when she was younger?

8. What is Ty doing at the beginning of the book?

9. How are the Topsider children educated?

10. What caused a change in Gemma's brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Shade, and how does his character affect the main characters in the book and their decisions?

Essay Topic 3

Who was the main villain in this book? Why was this so surprising?

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