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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the woman think Vane has shamed her?
(a) By touching her.
(b) By seeing her naked.
(c) By refusing to touch her.
(d) By telling her she is dead.

2. In what does Vane now find joy?
(a) Nature.
(b) His dogs.
(c) God.
(d) Love.

3. What does Vane wonder why he is not being treated as?
(a) An adult.
(b) A free agent.
(c) An asset.
(d) A man.

4. What is Mr. Vane doing at the opening of the book?
(a) Playing cricket.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reading in the library.
(d) Talking with three friends at a coffee shop.

5. What is one person the papers mention?
(a) Dove.
(b) Satan.
(c) Sir Upward.
(d) Raven.

6. For what does Raven use Vane's house?
(a) Visiting those who are asleep.
(b) As a connection to All That Is.
(c) As a place of meditation.
(d) As a conduit for visiting another world.

7. What does Raven unearth for Vane to follow?
(a) A groundhog.
(b) A robin.
(c) A firefly.
(d) A centipede.

8. How do the prayers rise from the church?
(a) On the heat of a fire.
(b) In the form of pigeons.
(c) On the arms of a kite.
(d) From the wind of the eternal breath.

9. Why does the Princess of Bulika kill every baby of which she hears?
(a) Prophecy claims a child will be the cause of the Princess' death.
(b) She believes it is the only way to save her kingdom.
(c) She is jealous of other children because her own dies in infancy.
(d) She hates the innocence of children.

10. What does Vane encounter after crossing a desert?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A forest of statues.
(c) A steep hill.
(d) A forest of strange-looking trees.

11. Who does Vane see in a ravine?
(a) A dead Little One.
(b) Cat-woman.
(c) Raven.
(d) Giant-girl Queen.

12. How long have the Little Ones existed?
(a) Since the end of the third age.
(b) Since time begins.
(c) Since the fall of human beings.
(d) Since the beginning of the first age.

13. Who is Vane determined to see?
(a) God.
(b) The seer of Bulika.
(c) The woman he brought to life.
(d) The muse of Bulika.

14. What is in the chamber in the garret?
(a) A sword.
(b) A torch that never goes out.
(c) A tree.
(d) An old mirror.

15. For what does the woman who has come back from death ask?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her clothes and jewels.
(d) Her paints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes a Little One grow or age?

2. What does Vane beg of the woman?

3. What happens when Vane eats a tiny apple?

4. Where does the bird lead Vane?

5. What is the white animal walking behind?

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