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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. Who first greets Nighthands on the Island of Murderers?
(a) Ricardus Bailey.
(b) Johannes Motte.
(c) Henricus Keep.
(d) Guillaume Broch.

2. What flower does the centaur use for the potion to restore the Immortal’s memory?
(a) Red urchin.
(b) Blood-wort.
(c) Blue urchin.
(d) Dew-wort.

3. Which of the following instruments do Mal and Christopher find in the palace of the Immortal?
(a) Cello.
(b) Violin.
(c) Viola.
(d) Double bass.

4. How many of Anja’s seamstresses does it take to outfit Nighthand?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

5. At what time do Christopher and Mal return from burying Gelifen?
(a) 5:00 am.
(b) Noon.
(c) 5:00 pm.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Christopher compare nereids?

2. How many hours do Christopher, Nighthand, Irian, and Mal spend recuperating with Anja?

3. What is the name of the sphinx that first greets Mal and Christopher?

4. What color coat do the karkadanns have?

5. What flowers consume the palace of the Immortal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a dryad-wood boat thought impossible?

2. What is the particular tragedy of Gelifen’s death?

3. What is the significance of pegasan sails?

4. What is the significance of Nighthand being stabbed by a karkadann horn?

5. Why is Mal apprehensive about approaching the palace of the Immortal?

6. What advice does the ruling sphinx give Irian and Nighthand?

7. Why had Anja been complicit in the attack on Mal?

8. How did Anja and Nighthand meet?

9. Why does the Immortal have the maze around the Glimourie Tree built?

10. What is the Somnulum, and what does it do?

(see the answer keys)

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