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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sorceress do as the people begin to walk down the hall to the place where they might ask their questions?
(a) Kill ungrateful people.
(b) Sing.
(c) Light the lamps.
(d) Serve food to those in line.

2. It had never occurred to Abby before talking with the Mother Confessor to consider her to be a _____________ as well.
(a) Mother.
(b) Wizard.
(c) Woman.
(d) Sister.

3. When the old woman tells Abby that a mother's love protects a child, Abby replies that, "The ________ know the truth of that."
(a) Wires.
(b) Trees.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Gods.

4. Weapons have no effect on the _________ people created by Panis Rahl in order to fight the battle without getting hurt.
(a) Stone.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Impenetrable.

5. It is said that you could lose your _________ if you were lucky enough to meet the Confessor's gaze, but your soul, if not.
(a) Mind.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Pain.

6. How could the First Wizard know that the bone Abby carries is a real debt to be paid to her?
(a) He could use it in a spell.
(b) He could eat it.
(c) He could test it.
(d) He could hold it.

7. What is able to mask the conversation of the sorceresses who are huddled on the white marble benches?
(a) The flutes.
(b) The water fountain.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The noise of the crowd.

8. What did the First Wizard create in order to sweep away the shadow people to keep them from harming others?
(a) Bells.
(b) Candles.
(c) Books.
(d) Horns.

9. Abby once had a ___________, but this child died at birth, as she reveals to the Mother Confessor.
(a) Boy.
(b) Brother.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Sister.

10. The people in line are told to remember that their needs may not outweigh the needs of the ________________.
(a) Greater world.
(b) Others in line.
(c) The war.
(d) The wizards.

11. How old is the daughter of the Mother Confessor, as she admits when talking to Abby?
(a) 10.
(b) 17.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

12. What is the color of the dress that Abby is wearing when the old woman reaches out to touch her?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Crimson.

13. Abby says that she brings a 'debt ______' with her, one that has to be dealt with by Wizard Zorander himself, according to her mother's dying wishes.
(a) True.
(b) Goal.
(c) Repayment.
(d) Bone.

14. What does the Wizard use in order to begin to show others the symbols which are to be explained?
(a) The air.
(b) Sand.
(c) Runes.
(d) Velvet.

15. The old woman in the beginning of the story is curious about the _________ that the younger woman carries.
(a) Collar.
(b) Herb.
(c) Hat.
(d) Sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sorceress reminds the people who want to see the First Wizard that he has also been named the wind of _________.

2. Abby feels her mother did a mean thing to her ____________ by leaving before they could have a chance to meet.

3. Who decides they will see the Wizard first, even though this does not seem to be a fair arrangement?

4. Abby notices that some of the soldiers were little more than _________, some from her homeland of Pendisan Reach.

5. What lines of the Grace symbol are not included in the Grace symbol the First Wizard is drawing?

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