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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 fruit do the sphinxes serve Mal and Christopher?
(a) Tigerfruit.
(b) Leopardfruit.
(c) Pantherfruit.
(d) Cougarfruit.

2. On what island does Mal seek dryads?
(a) Tēr.
(b) Tār.
(c) Tīr.
(d) Tōr.

3. What language do nereids speak?
(a) Hydran.
(b) Nerish.
(c) Aqualish.
(d) Merian.

4. Where is Gelifen fatally wounded?
(a) The neck.
(b) The head.
(c) The torso.
(d) The leg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the leading dryad?

2. Which guise of the Immortal infamously says “no”?

3. At what part of the hour does Gelifen die?

4. What color coat do the karkadanns have?

5. What subject does Mal lament having had to study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What functions do the wardens on the Island of Murderers serve?

2. Why does the manticore assert Christopher should respect fear?

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

4. Why did the centaur who made the potion to restore the Immortal’s memory want living gold?

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

6. Why do the nereids leave Mal, Christopher, and their companions at the edge of the City of Scholars?

7. What is the significance of pegasan sails?

8. Why does Mal agree to take the potion that will restore her eternal memory?

9. Why does Mal decline to have Nighthand and Irian accompany her and Christopher to bury Gelifen?

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

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