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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. How often are sphinxes reported to eat those who visit them?
(a) 1 in 100 times.
(b) Every time.
(c) 1 in 1000 times.
(d) 1 in 10 times.

2. How many paces across is the lake atop the hill behind Frank’s house?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

3. On what island does Mal live?
(a) Lithia.
(b) Polytemus.
(c) Atidina.
(d) Edem.

4. From whom of the following does the novel take an epigraph?
(a) Andrew Marvell.
(b) John Donne.
(c) John Milton.
(d) George Herbert.

5. What kind of water creature is observed to attack ships in the novel?
(a) Gargouille.
(b) Gatorman.
(c) Selkie.
(d) Orochi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank have in store in his house?

2. To which of the following are longmas related?

3. Which of the following does Leonor offer Mal?

4. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?

5. How many years had Christopher’s mother been dead at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Etymologies describe a griffin?

2. What does Christopher know about the attention and love of animals?

3. What are voulay drops?

4. Why does Mal note she cannot remain outside the Archipelago?

5. Why does Nighthand note preferring to face the world drunk?

6. Why does Frank forbid Christopher from going to the hilltop?

7. Why does Gelifen give Christopher one of his feathers?

8. Per Frank, why are there no longer magical creatures in most of the world?

9. In the novel, what is a bridgi?

10. Why does Mal purchase the caspasaran?

(see the answer keys)

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